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We're building Zorivest in the open: an AI copilot that plans and evaluates trades — and never executes them.

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Agentic self-tracking systems: what actually helps when your energy and attention are the scarce resources.

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I'm Mat, a systems architect and three-time burnout survivor. I stopped trying harder and started building systems instead. Focalia is where I share what actually works — for money, health, and the parts of life that keep slipping.

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