Gary Carmell
I was watching the new Rafael Nadal documentary on Netflix when something his Uncle Toni said stopped me:
That line followed me onto the court.
Because despite all the matches I’ve played, despite knowing—intellectually—that it’s “just a match,” I still felt the familiar surge: the tightening chest,
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Gary Carmell
At my gym, there’s a simple phrase on the wall:
“Live well. Move well.”
It’s elegant. Aspirational. Directional.
But the more I’ve thought about it, the more I find myself wanting to flip it:
“Move well.…
Gary Carmell
I’ve been sitting with the word available lately—not in the calendar sense, but in the deeper, more revealing way we either show up to life… or don’t.
Available shares a root with avail—to make use of,
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Gary Carmell
Meteorologists are currently staring at climate models with a sense of profound unease. Recent projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) suggest that Pacific sea surface temperatures are not just rising; they are threatening to move “off the charts”. Some models predict temperature increases exceeding 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Celsius) above average by the fall of 2026—a level of warming that would signify one of the most powerful El Niño events in recorded history.
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Gary Carmell
Last week, my reflections were guided by Charlie Munger’s favorite mental model: inversion.
Rather than asking how to design a good life, the question was simpler and sterner: What does a bad life look like—and how might we avoid it?
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Gary Carmell
I recently won my first doubles tennis tournament in a few years. This was the most satisfying because we won four matches on three surfaces, with one of the battles being quite challenging, requiring a come-from-behind victory.
It took longer than I expected—and probably longer than I wanted—but in retrospect,
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Gary Carmell
“Watch out, you might get what you’re after.”
The line floats through Burning Down the House almost as a warning—half playful, half ominous. I’ve heard it countless times, usually sung along to without much thought. But lately, it’s been echoing differently.
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Gary Carmell
Barcelona, the zoo, clay courts, and the art of living awake
We were in Barcelona—intentionally and accidentally at the same time.
Heather and I arrived after spending the prior week at the Rolex Monte‑Carlo Open,
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Gary Carmell
Sometimes the Place Trumps the Play
On Trade‑Offs, Tennis, and the Economics of Time
Thomas Sowell famously defined economics not as money, markets, or math, but as the allocation of scarce resources that have alternative uses.
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Gary Carmell
After finishing listening to Sound Man on Audible, which is a book I highly recommend for music lovers, it cycles through snippets of other books the algorithm thinks I might like. One of those books was The Uncool by Cameron Crowe.
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