Benjamin McEvoy

Essays on writing, reading, and life

4 Top Study Habits I Learned In My Final Year At Oxford University

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You pick up at thing or two studying at the best university in the world. A nasty Adderall addiction, genital warts, bipolar fluctuations between feelings of intense intellectual superiority and inferiority, and, of course, a couple of study tips to make learning easier and more fun.  Study Habit #1: Go to your lectures For the first 2 years of […]

10 Personal Essays Every Man Should Read

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The greatest men who ever lived were voracious readers. Alexander the Great slept with Homer’s Iliad under his pillow. Theodore Roosevelt took dozens of books on his dangerous outdoor expeditions. Benjamin Franklin devoured books every day of his life. Luckily for us, in addition to being voracious readers, the greatest men were very often prolific writers. They […]

Wim Hof Method Fundamentals Review (Weeks 1 & 2)

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I was apprehensive about investing in the new Wim Hof Method Fundamentals Course. Did I really need it? After all, I enrolled in the original 10-week Wim Hof Method course over a year ago and have been following it almost every day since then. What more could I really get out of another breathing course? […]

Test Drive A New Writing Routine (How I Write Fiction)

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Writing routines are like cars. You can test drive one for a few weeks and, if it gets you were you need to go, keep it. If your current one is starting to wear out – constantly popping flats, rocks flying through the AC, being overtaken by grannies who can’t see over the wheel – […]

This Morning Routine Will Make You Happier & More Creative

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Having the right morning routine is literally the difference between making $2.5 billion overnight and starving in a cardboard box by the side of the road occasionally giving $2 blowies to truck-drivers.  Your morning routine is everything. Therefore, if you don’t have a morning routine, you are nothing.  My morning routine is super easy to follow […]