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Latest — 26 May 2026

More Than Basketball

The New York Knicks are going to the NBA Finals. If you told 12-year-old me in 1992 that sentence would become reality, I probably would have screamed before you finished it. I thought I’d feel joy. Pure joy. Instead, I needed space. Silence. A moment. Because my first instinct

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You Really Can’t Be Two Places at the Same Time

I’m in the middle of what I call "surge season" right now. Eight straight weeks of client reviews. Back-to-back-to-back meetings. Preparation. Follow-ups. Financial planning conversations layered on top of life conversations. And contrary to what some people think, the work itself is not transactional. Not if you

The Productive Escape, Revisited

I’ve been in the middle of client review season again. It’s one of the most intense and productive stretches of my year... back-to-back meetings, deep conversations, real decisions. It’s also the part of my work I genuinely love. There’s something meaningful about sitting across from someone

The Knicks Manifesto — 1990 to Now

A Gospel of Loyalty, Pain, and What It Means to Still Believe By Don Hilario ⸻ It’s almost midnight and I’m still basking in it—the New York Knicks have advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in over two decades. We dethroned the defending champs.

Day 7 REST DAY - KNICKS WIN, Bike Ride with Jo’er

If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to form — physically, mentally, and beyond. Overview * Fast: Held clean until 11:30 AM. * Training: Light active recovery — 2–3 mile bike ride with Raylee. * Focus: Recovery day. Priorities: hit protein goals,

Day 6 (Headaches)

If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to form — physically, mentally, and beyond. Morning: Starting Point Woke up a little off today. Not physically. Mentally. Still — I honored the blueprint. * Weighed myself. * Fasted like I committed. * Ate a clean

Day 5 - Clean Party @ Brewery

Reflection Today wasn’t perfect. It was better. It was intentional. If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to form—physically, mentally, and beyond. Workout locked in. Meals executed cleanly — no scrambling, no guesswork. Hydration and creatine saturation — automatic.

Day 4 – Course Corrections, Not Excuses

You don’t learn discipline from the easy days. You earn it in the moments you could’ve quit—but didn’t. Day 4 wasn’t clean. But it was true. If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to

Day 3 – Primed for Power

Weight: 206.8 lbs Status: Clear. Charged. Ready to crush. If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to form—physically, mentally, and beyond. Day 3 is different. It doesn’t scream. It doesn’t demand attention. But it lands.

Day 2 – Fuel Over Friction

Weight: Didn't get on the scale yet Status: Fasted. Focused. Unshaken. If you're reading this for the first time, start here. Project Resurrection is a 9-week return to form—physically, mentally, and beyond. I walked for an hour—three miles, fasted, under the morning sun. Not

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