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A Radical Alterative to College

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12/7/2024

Maxim Smith, writing to you from Uruguay

One year ago I started publishing these posts to Substack with two reasons for doing so:

  1. To hold me accountable (I wanted to make sure I was consistently making progress)

  2. To show people what’s possible

Now, after a year of these posts that documented any major events, courses I took, books I read, hours of chess played, hours of Spanish practiced, and any additional noteworthy things - it’s now time to change things up a little bit…

A complete overview of my week allowed you to see just what’s possible to do in a week, month, and year. I think I’ve done an alright job of demonstrating the Do portion of the program after a year.

Perhaps this list of all my most notable accomplishments will prove that to you:

Somehow, small, compounding problems can often line up larger problems and present themselves at the same time in a persons life.

Ever since I got back to Uruguay I wasn’t quite sure what to do. I figured tha…

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