{"id":44092,"date":"2025-05-07T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=44092"},"modified":"2025-05-01T10:44:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:44:37","slug":"whats-in-my-now-daniel-olshansky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-daniel-olshansky\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Daniel Olshansky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m a 32-year-old single male and have been living in Bellevue, WA for the last couple of years. I strive to achieve my full potential in every aspect of life. One day, later in my life, I&#8217;ll dedicate my time to helping others achieve their full potential as well. Today I do so through reading, writing, building, following my curiosity, and leading the engineering team at&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grove.city\/\">Grove<\/a><\/strong>. Most of the time I&#8217;m either out in nature, in front of my computer, or having a long deep discussion with interesting people over dinner or a long walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/olshansky.info\/\">website<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;links out to my social media profiles, but I&#8217;d suggest following me at either&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/olshansky.substack.com\/\">Olshansky&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/olshansky.medium.com\/\">olshansky.medium.com<\/a>&nbsp;if you&#8217;re interested in following some of my writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/05\/wimb-daniel-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/05\/wimb-daniel-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/05\/wimb-daniel-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/05\/wimb-daniel-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2025\/05\/wimb-daniel.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roguefitness.com\/gemini?srsltid=AfmBOorhEf_b97ho9Q_wcG0PWeronFvfdHmAsbK72zYeytEpDnVmLEfP\">TRS Gemini<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211; As someone who lives with an L5\/S1 herniation, this is a tool I always keep in my backpack. It&#8217;s like a foam roller that meets a couple of lacrosse balls and can be used as lumbar support (e.g., on a plane), for soft tissue manipulation (when training), and self-adjusting your upper back (when there&#8217;s no chiropractor around).<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/uWyW9\">Instant Coffee Packets<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; I love a good iced coffee as much as the next person, but paying $10 each time is getting excessive. As long as you have a bottle, most places will provide free ice and have milk or creamer available, creating a very convenient and cost-efficient way to get an iced coffee on the go. This way you save the $10 coffee with a croissant for those special high-quality occasions. There are tons of different flavours, but I like this one in particular because I get some vitamins in as well.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/geni.us\/IFAkTCg\">Battery Jump Starter<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; Your car&#8217;s battery is likely going to need a jump start at the worst possible time (travelling, in a rush, etc.). If you have cables, another driver might be able to help you out. If you have insurance, you can call them in. But keeping a battery jump starter keeps you self-sufficient and going in less than 5 minutes. There&#8217;s no particular brand I&#8217;m attached to, but I do suggest having a quarterly calendar event that reminds you to charge it up.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snipd.com\/\">Snipd<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; This app transformed how I consume podcasts. I listen to podcasts at 0.8x speed and would always open up the notes app on my phone to jot down key moments. This was annoying and distracting, especially if I was listening to the podcast while at the gym. With Snipd, I double-click on my headphones every time there&#8217;s a key moment I want to remember, and have all my snips sync to Notion and Obsidian. It makes it really easy to keep track of everything I listen to and refer back to key moments I&#8217;m looking for.<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/app.todoist.com\/\">Todoist<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; I tried nearly a dozen different ways to keep track of my TODOs, but after discovering Todoist 5 years ago, I haven&#8217;t looked back. I use it to plan my day, capture my ideas, as a calendar, and generally just organize my entire life. Can&#8217;t live without it.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Figure out what you want-to do instead of what you want-to want-to do. Now go and do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whatsinmynow.substack.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Sign up here<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0to get\u00a0What\u2019s in my NOW?\u00a0a week early in your inbox.<\/em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ec17518-5a1f-4d72-bb4c-90894919687f_600x600.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #212<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[2389],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44094,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44092\/revisions\/44094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}