Alex Tarnava

But we always start with the book as one Google document.

And then all of a sudden we have to split it and split it more and split it more because the comments will lead to often more text than

than is written in there.

So the second book started as a chapter in Stress Hacked.

And then the chapter ballooned to 30,000 words.

And that's too much for a chapter.

And I realized there's just way too much to talk about in this chapter.

It needs to be a book.

And we're like, okay, maybe it'll be a short book, 50, 60,000 words.

But these debates just kept ballooning.

And I'm like, okay, we have to go down this rabbit hole and that rabbit hole.

And now it's over 200,000 words and I don't know where it's going to end.

Yeah.

You know, you mentioned the people who don't like to travel because they want alone time.

And that's a non-negotiable for me.

I need time, even when I'm traveling, I need minimum half an hour.

I prefer one to two hours a day where I can be with my thoughts.

Yep.

Right.

To sort them out, to sort through the chaos, introspection, you know, but also to analyze the conversations I've had.