Reverstory - LAUNCH!
Reverse engineer your life and live with no regrets using my new AI tool.
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I donned my tech entrepreneur hat again these last few months and I’ve been developing something exciting which goes live today.
May I please introduce a transformative AI tool called REVERSTORY, designed to help you identify major life regrets you are headed towards, and then suggest ways to avoid them. Allowing you to step into deeper alignment and purpose in life.
The problem
Reverstory didn’t start with an idea for a tool. It started with a shocking problem I read several months ago that I couldn’t stop thinking about.
There is a sobering statistic coming out of hospices and hospitals in the West, reported by nurses and hospice workers; the people who sit with us at the very end of life.
Around two thirds of people in the West die with at least one major life regret.
When I put this stat through various AI tools to verify accuracy, it actually said the number might be far higher than reported. Here’s some rough calculations…
About 20% of the world's population lives in the Western Hemisphere. That’s roughly 1.6 billion people.
65% of that figure is approx 1.04 billion people dying with major life regrets.
1.04 billion people! I believe this is a serious problem, with most people unaware of the issue, and no clear solution.
And that’s just in the West.
Common regrets
Based on analysis from National Institutes of Health, and Bronnie Ware (author of Top Five Regrets of the Dying), here are the most common major life regrets:
Living for Others: Not having the courage to live a life true to oneself, rather than meeting others’ expectations.
Overworking: Spending too much time working and sacrificing time with family, friends, and personal joy.
Suppressed Emotions: Lacking the courage to express feelings, both in terms of love and speaking one’s truth.
Neglected Friendships: Failing to stay in touch with friends and neglecting social connections.
Fear of Risk/Happiness: Not allowing oneself to be happier, not taking risks, and letting fear dictate life choices.
Ignoring Self-Care: Not making physical health a priority or failing to enjoy life’s moments.
That 65% number sat in my chest for weeks because it felt so unnecessary. No one, and I mean no one, wants to die with a major life regret.
And the regrets themselves… they weren’t what I expected. Not about money. Not about success or promotions or any of that.
They were more subtler: not living true to themselves. Staying too long in safe, empty work. Not spending enough time with the people they loved. Avoiding the hard conversations.
They all boil down to this truth: we allow subtle fears to guide much of our life decisions. And fears grow from the fear of death, whether we are aware of that, or not.
Most people don’t regret failing. They regret having allowed their limiting beliefs to prevent them from living fully in their lifetime.
The gap nobody's filling
And here’s what got me: we’ve built entire industries around productivity. Time management. Habit tracking. Morning routines. We optimize everything.
But when it comes to actually examining whether we’re living a life we won’t regret?
I realised that there’s almost nothing out there, because in the West, we live in a death phobic culture and we do anything to avoid talking about the end.
No regular check-ins. No honest frameworks. So we drift without realising. And then one day we’re at the end, looking back, wishing we had not taken life for granted. We wait until there’s no time left to realise we had time all along. Time is our most valuable asset.
So I kept asking myself one question…
What if we stopped trying to fix life from the middle… and learned to look at it honestly from the end?
A solution
Reverstory starts from how you want to feel at the end of your life (happy, complete, with no regrets) and works backwards to identify which regrets you are consciously or unconsciously walking towards.
It then gives suggestions of how to course correct, avoid regrets, and create your best life.
It’s not self-help. It’s not about optimising yourself or becoming some shinier version of who you are. Instead, it’s a reckoning.
On a side note, for two decades I studied and wrote feature films. I was taught that in narrative structure, to create the best story, you first need to know your beginning and your ending. If you know those two things, then you get much greater clarity on how to create a rich and rewarding story.
How it works
You answer ten questions. It takes fifteen to thirty minutes. The more honest you are, and the more effort you put in, the better. Real names and emotions. Messy answers. Lots of detail. A brain dump is far more useful than something polished.
And then Reverstory gives you a written reflection. Not a pep talk, but a pattern. The shape your life is taking right now. The regret you might be sleepwalking toward if nothing shifts. And a few commitments, small, grounded, that point somewhere truer.
The first time I did it myself, I had to stop. Not because it hurt. Because it was right.
It showed me where I was aligned. And where I was lying to myself. It gave me something I didn’t have before: a way to check back in. To test decisions when things change.
Please note: Reverstory isn’t meant to be done once. It’s a fully-fledged chatbot you can return to in order to update and evolve your story over time. It will remember and grow with you - allowing you to step into deeper alignment and purpose in life.
I believe one of the great benefits of AI is its ability to bring radical clarity to complex subjects. And each human life is a rubik’s cube of complication.
In the future I will be releasing more reflective, purpose-driven AI tools like this. Tools that help you remember your mortality and step into deeper purpose, without skipping over your humanity.
How to get access
I’m launching Reverstory to paying subscribers who will receive a special access code.
I’m offering a special 25% off new paid subscriptions for the next month. That’s only £6 / $8 a month to transform your life and support this important work.
Paying subscribers also get access to more great value: the growing exercise library (currently 11 self-guided practices) and the live guided meditations that will start again later this month. Click any of the subscribe buttons to gain access.
Click HERE to go to Reverstory now. Or visit www.reverstory.com
Reverstory is in beta phase and I genuinely need your feedback. What lands. What doesn’t. What feels true. What feels performative. There is a short survey you can fill out at the end. This tool will only get better if it’s shaped by real lives, real answers.
Why this matters
Reverstory exists because life is short and regret is more common than we know. And because it doesn’t have to be.
Reverstory is for people who want transformation.
No one should die with major regrets.
Don’t wait until there’s no time left. Get your paid subscription now.
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Live happy,
Hoppy
Tools & Updates
The Ultimate Meditation: A guided practice designed to help you slow down, reflect on mortality, and reconnect with a life of no regrets. Many people tell me it helps them discover greater calm, gratitude, and clarity.
Tools: For access to Reverstory and guided exercises to help you live these ideas day to day.
Go deeper: The Amazing Way Mortality Transforms Your Love Life / What is Purpose? / Surviving my Own Murder
Full website with all content: Here
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