The Cito Thriven Journal
Free, practical reads on money, training, and follow-through — with the guides to go deeper.
How to Find Your Values (And Why Goals Alone Feel Hollow)
People hit the goal and feel strangely flat two weeks later. That's usually not a goal-setting failure — it's chasing goals absorbed...
Emotional Regulation: What It Actually Is (And What It Isn't)
Emotional regulation is often misread as keeping a lid on things — but that's suppression, and it backfires. Real regulation is influencing...
Wills and Estate Planning Basics (Not Just for the Wealthy)
Estate planning gets skipped because it means contemplating your own death. The cost isn't paid by you — it's paid by whoever...
How to Price Freelance Work (Without Undercharging Yourself)
Most freelancers take their old salary, divide by 2,080 hours, and call it a rate. It's the fastest route to working constantly...
Market Cap Explained: Large, Mid, and Small Cap Stocks
Fund names are full of 'large cap' and 'small cap' and most buyers couldn't define them. Here's what market capitalization means, how...
Alcohol and Training: The Honest Trade-Off
People track macros to the gram and then drink five pints on Saturday without counting any of it. Here's the honest picture...
Machines vs Free Weights: Which Actually Builds More Muscle?
Gym culture says free weights are for serious lifters and machines are for everyone else. The evidence doesn't really support that. Here's...
How to Overhead Press With Good Form (The Most Honest Lift)
The overhead press is the most neglected major lift and the most honest — no bench, no bounce, nowhere to hide. Here's...
How to Have Difficult Conversations (Without Avoiding or Exploding)
Everyone has a conversation they've been avoiding, quietly costing them sleep. Avoidance feels safest and is usually the worst option. Here's how...
The Comparison Trap: Why Your Life Feels Worse After Scrolling
Nothing about your life changed when that promotion post loaded — only your reference point did. Here's why comparison is structurally rigged...
How Long to Rest Between Sets (And Why Short Rest Isn't Better)
Rest between sets gets either ignored entirely or obsessed over. It matters more than the scrollers think and less than the stopwatch...
How to Bench Press With Good Form (Without Hurting Your Shoulders)
The bench is the lift everyone asks about and plenty of people wreck their shoulders on — usually through flared elbows and...