A Little Bit About Myself

Hi! I’m Lachlan (or just Lachy, I really don’t mind). I grew up in Brisbane, Australia, and for the past few years I’ve called the Sunshine Coast home. I’m a medical student in Queensland, currently taking a deliberate pause from formal study to travel, think, and build.

In 2023, I founded The Acuity Project. Acuity exists to support QCE students not just through tutoring, but by focusing on the underlying habits, systems, and mindsets that make successful learning sustainable. Alongside expert academic support, we prioritise personal development and long-term growth. To date, the Acuity team has made study simpler for 40+ students and contributed over $400 this year to initiatives supporting education for disadvantaged children in Australia.

2026 will be something of a gap year, and for me it specifically feels like an opportunity. An opportunity to live without constraint and a blank canvas on which to paint whatever I decide. I’ll be travelling through parts of Asia and Europe, spending extended time in a handful of places rather than rushing through many. My intention is to work on my business rather than in it, to experiment, to learn, to immerse myself, to have heaps of fun, and to create space for reflection.

I’m drawn to pursuits that are physical, immersive, and grounding. Walking plays a central role in my life. From long daily walks to multi-day hikes and historic pilgrimage routes, walking is a key pillar for how I’d like to live, especially next year. Running is another constant; I’ve completed a marathon and several half-marathons, and I’m gradually working towards trail ultras in the near future. I also play basketball, surf, enjoy golf, and have a long-standing relationship with music.

Academically and intellectually, my interests orbit around medicine, psychology and psychiatry, sport and exercise science, and the ways lifestyle, behaviour, and environment shape health, longevity, and human potential. I’m particularly fascinated by meditation, both as a personal practice and as a clinically powerful tool for wellbeing and mental health.

This website is primarily a personal space. It’s a collection of thoughts, essays, experiments, and projects—a public notebook of sorts. Writing here helps me think more clearly and live more deliberately. It’s also a way of staying accountable, documenting ideas without the pressure or distortion of social media algorithms, and sharing work that can be engaged with freely.

Over time, this space may evolve. It might grow into a newsletter, support new projects, or become the foundation for something I haven’t yet imagined. For now, its purpose is simple: to explore ideas that feel meaningful.

If you’re reading this, welcome! You’re amazing.

To find out what I’m up to currently: see now

To understand where I’m headed: see impossible