About
Hi, I'm Tyler.
This is my corner of the internet, and it's deliberately one place for all of it: the reading and the films, the money stuff, the coaching, whatever rabbit hole I'm down this month. I'd rather keep it all under one roof than split myself into a dozen tidy profiles.
The blog
It's been going since 2009. It's lived on Blogger, WordPress, Webflow, Pika, and Ghost. Now it's back on Webflow. I keep moving it, because I'm a tinkerer and I can't leave a working thing alone. The writing wanders across reading, film, productivity, personal finance, and whatever else has my attention. I especially love designing systems, and sometimes I write about that.
I left social media years ago and never looked back. But the itch to make things online won't leave me alone. So here I am, back at old-school blogging...or website making...or whatever this is, which I genuinely love. No algorithm. No agenda. Just typing into the void.
Make more than you consume. That's most of the philosophy. But of course I fail at that spectacularly :)
Correspondence
The best part of sharing online is hearing back.
So write to me. Really. If something here landed, or bugged you, or reminded you of something, I'd love to know. Every post has a reply by email button that comes straight to me, and you can always reach me directly at hello@tylersmith.io. I read every note, and I write back.
And one or two of the closest friends I've ever had started exactly this way — a shared interest, an email, a stranger on the other end. I've only met them in person a handful of times. They're still some of the best friendships of my life.
So, say hello! Or, if you'd rather just lurk, join my email list and follow along.
A little more about me
I try to make my faith the center of my life, though arguably I don't do a great job living up to that ideal. I'm a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and I try to hold my faith with equal parts conviction and humility.
I coach people on their money (mostly through YNAB), and I do it from having-been-there, not from above; I've made the same mistakes, which is what makes the help land. And underneath all of it, I believe we can always start again.
Welcome to my website. Poke around. Get a little lost. Sorry in advance for the cringiness you may find.