About Aure's Notes
Hey, I’m Auré, a 20-something writer from Belgium.
I started this website with the desire to tell people about the things I wish I knew when I was younger.
It has now transformed into my personal Wikipedia where I curate and share everything valuable I learn every day.
You can read more about me below.
Solve Your Problems
- Struggling mentally? -> go read The Shame That Binds You and do inner child therapy, in group if possible, or do the exercises from Homecoming.
- Struggling with poverty? -> go read Unscripted /The Millionaire Fastlane and Efficiency.
- Struggling with too much weight? -> go read the carnivore diet.
- Struggling with being ugly? -> go read how to look good (for men).
- Problems with relationships? It’s a shame problem and it gets fixed when you take care of the shame and practice your social skills. You can also read Models and Practical Female Psychology for the Practical Man.
- Struggling with building muscles? Sorry, I don’t specialize in that at all. But you can check out this guy.
- Looking to move/study to a new country? Read How to Study for Free and Get Massively Ahead in Life.
- Looking for a job? Read Hack Your Way to Your First Job and Contrarian Immigration.
About
I grew up wanting to become a comedian then quit at 23 years-old when I realized it wasn’t for me. After a few years of soul-searching, I reinvented myself as a marketer and online writer when I built my first blog in February 2020. I have been writing online since then.
Maybe you’d like to read my best articles?
- What I’ve Learned Reading and Summarizing 100 Books
- The Downside of Reading Lots of Books
- It’s No Longer Possible to Move Abroad to Save Money
- We Don’t Know What to Want Anymore
- Nobody Really Wants to Sacrifice Themselves Anymore
- What Noah Kagan Doesn’t Get About Poor People
- Why Saving a Friend Is a Better Story Than Saving the Galaxy
- Why How You Do One Thing Is How You Do Everything
- The American Colonization of Europe
- 10 Worldwide Predictions For the Next 20 Years
- The Mental and Cultural Divisions of Europe
- Leave the 20th Century Behind
I have also invented the terms “relational determinism“, which promotes the idea that our relationships (friends, parents, partners, but also to animals, the environment, God(s), etc) determine, for the most part, the course of our lives.
And I invented the term “progradiction” which is defined as “the compulsion of moving forward in life”.
This blog is free and ad-free.
What to Expect Out of Aure's Notes
- No ads
- Quality over everything else: I only publish on the blog when it is worth publishing. For entertaining articles, check out my Medium. You can read the Medium articles for free when you subscribe to my newsletter.
- Transparency and honesty: All opinions are genuine and honest. That doesn’t mean I will not change my mind in the future. No one paid me to write any of the things I am writing.
Everyone can read Aure’s Notes, but the blog is written from a European perspective, with everything it entails.
Where to Read Aure's Notes
- Blog: the best of my content, for free, and ad-free.
- Newsletter: list to my best Medium articles + trendy bullet point facts.
- Medium: entertaining articles. Free to access if you sign up on the newsletter.
- Youtube: If you want to watch and listen rather than read.
How to Use Aure's Notes
The section summaries contains summaries of books and videos.
The section articles hosts all of the articles I have written.
The section resources hosts how-to guides as well as directories of websites, books, Youtube channels, newsletters, podcasts, people, and tips and tricks on various topics.
The section Billionaire Series is a series of twenty one articles that analyze and deconstruct how billionaires started, grew, and scaled their companies.
Finally, the podcast is me interviewing people that build stuff (entrepreneurs, scientists, creators, etc).
Visual and Non-Visual Glossary
“<” means “is smaller/worse than”. Eg: Vegan diet < keto diet. Translation: vegan is worse than keto.
“>” means “is bigger/better than”.
“X” means “time” as in an equation. 3 X 5 = 15.
I use the 00h00 to 23h59 European time system.
5h00 is 5am, 15h00 is 3pm. 00h00 is midnight, and 12h00 is lunch time.
There are a series of terms I cannot write or I may be deplatformed by G-00-gL€. So I write them in a different way.
That big country in the east that invented gun powder, for example, is written as Ch!n@.
When something is important, I put it in bold or in giant quote. When something is capital, I put it in red (unless otherwise specified).
What's the Newsletter About?
The newsletter is sent every 1st day of the month, no matter what the day of the week is.
Here’s what you get when you sign up:
- Free access to the best articles I post behind Medium’s paywall.
- Compelling insights from the books I am reading.
- Bullet list facts about anything interesting I find in the darkest corners of the Internet.
- Discounts for my Gumroad shop.
I keep it under two minutes because I don’t like long emails. And it’s free. And there are no ads.
Interested?
Check out the newsletters archives to see what it’s like first.
Does the Website Make Money, and if Yes, How?
The website itself makes about €30/month thanks to a combination of affiliate marketing links and sales on Gumroad.
What makes the most money is what I write on Medium, anywhere between $200 to $500 per month.
Finally, people have made donations on my Buy me a Coffee page.
Why isn’t the website more monetized?
Because its purpose has never been to earn money, but to learn SEO, content writing, copywriting, web design, email marketing, sales funnels, and product-making.
It has worked surprisingly great, reaching 20,000 viewers/month after only 19 months of work and without any backlink strategy.
How Is the Website Built?
The website is built on WordPress.
My hosting company is Hostinger and I’m very happy with it.
The theme of the website is OceanWP (free) but I built the landing page with Elementor (free).
Why Don't I Show my Picture?
I got recognized after writing a viral article and I didn’t like it at all so no more pictures.
Want to Get in Touch?
Use the form below. It’s limited to 180 characters so if you don’t have enough space, ask me to reach out.
NB: I do not accept guest posts, backlinks, and do not need marketing agency services. I will not answer these emails.