Like everyone else, I thought I was eating less food and spending less money—until I started tracking everything, from calories down to the very last euro I spent.

🔗 LINKS

App I use to log calories: ⁠https://www.loseit.com/⁠

App I use to track income/expenses: ⁠https://jmks.co/ynab

🎦 Podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RUqxpsTZilY

🎙️ Podcasting Challenges as a Non-Native Speaker: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimmakos.com/podcasting/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🎬 CHAPTERS

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:06 I know exactly how much to eat to lose weight
• 05:06 I know exactly where my money is going
• 10:11 I know exactly how much I’m losing at gambling

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You may also donate directly: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jmks.co/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Letters from Greece is my podcast, the audiobook version of my newsletter.

Thank you for listening,

Jim

I never thought I’d be giving my daughter her first cell phone in elementary school—let alone an iPhone.

So today I explain what led me to make that decision as a father.

🎬 CHAPTERS

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:33 When I Got My First Cell Phone
• 02:20 Why I Got Her a Phone in 6th Grade
• 04:22 Why an iPhone?
• 05:51 Which iPhone I Bought and Why
• 11:46 The Moment She Had Been Waiting For

🙏 SUPPORT

If you’d like to help me out, I can send you the original scripts of each episode straight to your inbox for free a few hours before they go live, in exchange for your email address: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jmks.co/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You may also donate directly: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jmks.co/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 LINKS

🎦 Podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/deCOUg11gzc

🎙️ Podcasting Challenges as a Non-Native Speaker: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimmakos.com/podcasting/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW

If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, I'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to help others discover the show!

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Letters from Greece is my podcast, the audiobook version of my newsletter.

Thank you for listening,

Jim

I read some dystopian predictions about the future of YouTube and the changes AI will bring to it, and today I’m talking about how I plan my next steps as a video creator facing AI.

🙏 SUPPORT

If you’d like to help me out, I can send you the original scripts of each episode straight to your inbox for free a few hours before they go live, in exchange for your email address: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jmks.co/support⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

You may also donate directly: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jmks.co/donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🔗 LINKS

YouTube Strategist's X post: https://x.com/JimMakos/status/2013276207647727621

🎦 Podcast episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CajkNX4Anfc

🎙️ Podcasting Challenges as a Non-Native Speaker: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimmakos.com/podcasting/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

🙏 LEAVE A REVIEW

If you enjoyed listening to the podcast, I'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify to help others discover the show!

🎙 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Letters from Greece is my podcast, the audiobook version of my newsletter.

Thank you for listening,

Jim