me in 10 seconds

student. teacher (fr). genius. handsome. perfect. humble.

personality type: ENTJ-A

born in toronto, raised by irish + lebanese immigrant parents.

someone said i'm a 'salt of the earth' guy. i liked that.

some principles i try to live by

• life is meant to be enjoyed
• never complain, just fix it or let it go
• you are what you do, not what you say or think you are
• never lie, especially not to yourself (authenticity)
• you can improve on almost anything with knowledge + practice
• be the one to break the ice; we all crave connection but fear pursuing it
• less, but better
• avoid relying on anyone else but yourself
• question everything, especially what you're not supposed to
• anything worth doing is worth doing properly
• set your own boundaries, or someone will set them for you
• regret is inevitable, choose yours wisely
• be a good person, but don't waste your time proving it

what i do for fun

• long walks (touch grass buddy)
• read (here's my full booklist)
• write (here are things i made)
• make videos (on my YT & IG)
• play soccer
• watch soccer (GGMU)
• sauna (93C/200F for ~20min)
• rock climbing (i suck)
• snowboarding (i suck a bit less)

what most of my mornings look like

• 7am - wake up, freshen up
• 7:15am - drive Emma to work, drive to cafe
• 7:30am - quick daily preview, work
• 10:30am - brunch
• 10:45am - work
• 4pm - pick up Emma
• 4:30pm - chores or more work
• 7pm - fun stuff; soccer, workout with friends, hang out with family, go for a walk, be a couch potato, etc.

my simple sleep system

• 7pm - dim/natural lights only
• 9pm - stop eating
• 10pm - no screens, freshen up
• 10:15pm - read, journal, or chat with emma
• 11pm - sleep

sleep mask nightly, earplugs + nose strips sometimes

a short timeline of my life

• 2001 - i wasn't born, i was forged
• 2002 - started talking (irish genes)
• 2003 - started reading + writing
• 2005 - started school, peed my pants
• 2006 - met a couple friends (still cool)
• 2008 - learned cursive, forged parent signatures for food
• 2009 - saw boobs for the first time in 'the hangover'
• 2010 - won my first ever public speaking competition
• 2013 - got an ipod touch, started using imovie
• 2014 - made shitty vids for my school to display
• 2015 - elementary school valedictorian, onto high school
• 2016 - skateboarded & ate pizza every day with friends
• 2017 - met a pretty girl named emma, started a business
• 2018 - balls dropped, started dating emma
• 2019 - high school valedictorian, onto uni for kinesiology
• 2020 - covid happened, got back into reading books
• 2021 - got into personal growth, started working on myself
• 2022 - started new business, chose teaching > physio
• 2023 - grad (dean's list), moved out with emma for teacher's college
• 2024 - started new business + YT channel, taught phys ed
• 2025 - grad from teacher's college, started taking YT + online business seriously
• 2026 - locked in (i vibecoded this website)

my music taste

you can see all my playlists on apple music (@liamzgb)

here are some songs i listen to often:

• space song by beach house
• the thrill is gone by b.b. king
• vienna by billy joel
• my way by frank sinatra
• i can't stop loving you by frank sinatra
• fascination by nat king cole
• prayer by kendrick lamar
• no role modelz by jcole
• 327 by westside gunn & joey bada$$
• saint pablo by kanye west
• the color violet by tory lanez
• champagne shots by sainté
• nights by frank ocean
• stargirl interlude by the weeknd
• the morning by the weeknd
• joy of my life by chris stapleton
• tennessee whiskey by chris stapleton
• blue by zach bryan
• open the gate by zach bryan
• smaller acts by zach bryan
• the greatest day of my life by zach bryan
• supermarket flowers by ed sheeran
• tenerife sea by ed sheeran
• rose rosse by massimo ranieri
• when irish eyes are smiling by roger whittaker
• ya tabtab wa dallaa by nancy ajram
• ballerina by yehezkel raz
• le carrousel by james quinn
• idea 22 by gibran alcocer

things i'm glad i did when i was younger

• read for fun
• boy scouts
• start playing piano
• save money before spending
• learn basic french
• dumb harmless teen shit
• avoid drugs
• start investing at 18

moments that changed the way i see the world

• when i was 9 or 10, a stranger saw me crying with my mum in a tim horton's. he brought me a cookie & said 'idk what made you upset, but i hope this makes things better.' it did, & now i take every chance i get to brighten people's days.
• when i was 14, my mum took me to volunteer at the senior's home she worked at. it was the first time i talked about life with people on their deathbeds. hearing a person's regrets when you both know it's too late to fix them is tough. i told myself that wouldn't be me.
• when i was ~16, my dad used a map to show me how the world really works. he told me about global events that would happen in the future, why they would happen, & why we would be told they happened. 9 years later, every single prediction has been scarily accurate. i realized that ignorance is bliss, but knowledge is power.
• when i was 20, i worked at a shoe outlet store. every few weeks, a guy named Roger would come & buy our shoes in bulk so he could resell them at a profit. one day, he was telling me about his rich friend who owned lakehouses, private jets, & supercars. so i asked, 'how does he make all that money?' Roger said something that struck a chord: 'he works no harder than you & i.' i think of those words often.
• when i was 22, i met up with some friends who i hadn't seen since high school. at one point that evening, i noticed that nothing had changed about them that whole time - same bad habits, same complaints, same situation. i realized that sometimes, the cost of growth is outgrowing people.
• recently, i had a moment when the mere thought of my loved ones made me emotional. i had never felt something like that, but it was almost like i was drowning in gratitude. i know how dumb that sounds. i feel like the luckiest guy in the world.