Everything but the Thing

A field report from the frontlines of delay, distraction, and self-deception.          We don’t put things off because we’re lazy. We put them off because we don’t want to feel uncomfortable. Or uncertain. Or not good enough.This piece is about that. About the little rituals we perform to avoid the big thing we said we’d do.Also, I finally cleaned my tech drawer and rearranged my fridge magnets. It was a productive day. Sort of.

The Founder – Party of One

Becoming a founder is not just about starting a company. It is about stepping into a story that culture has written in advance. This is a reflection on the absurdities, the loneliness, and the strange faith that keeps the performance going.

The IKEA Effect, But For Our Worst Ideas

Why We Can’t Quit Bad Projects, Bad Books, and Bad Leaders

The Fleet Leaves the Balcony

An other things from a rainy morning

What Baking Bread Taught Me About Being Bad at Things

A timeline of flopping with dignity

The Library of Almost

A personal cartography of thoughts, ideas, and the lives I didn’t live

I Don’t Want a Growth Plan. I Want a Map of Where I Lost Myself

The quiet grief of outgrowing your life, and the salt that still lives under my skin.

The Unbearable Lightness of Joy: Notes on the Emotional Hierarchy

There is a kind of grief that turns you into a magnet.

“When the Fog Doesn’t Lift”

-Notes on Grief, Melancholy, and the Limits of Cheerfulness

What’s Your Endgame?

Optics, urgency, and the quiet collapse of long-term thinking