How I Ended Up Here I started using AI journaling apps the way most people start these things: casually, skeptically, and mostly because my therapist suggested I try “something” instead of just thinking in circles before bed. I’d kept journals before—the real kind, with the leather covers and the pen that felt like it mattered. …
Month: March 2026
The Shift Nobody Really Talks About I used to think conversations about food were pretty static. You either felt guilty about what you ate, or you didn’t. You wanted to lose weight, or you were fine where you were. You grabbed snacks mindlessly at the grocery store, or you had admirable discipline. These categories felt …
Watching the World Burn (From My Kitchen Table) I’ve been sitting here with my third cup of coffee this morning, scrolling through LinkedIn like it’s some dystopian soap opera, watching executives and employees duke it out over desk assignments. Amazon just dragged 1.5 million people back to their cubicles this January, and the internet has …
The Great Email Unsubscribe Project of Last Tuesday I spent forty-seven minutes last week unsubscribing from newsletters I apparently signed up for in some fever dream of productivity optimization. You know the ones. “7 Morning Habits That Will Transform Your Life Before 6 AM” and “The Secret Productivity Hack Every Successful Person Uses.” I must …
The Geography of Creative Debris I have a drawer in my desk that I call the graveyard, though that makes it sound more dramatic than it actually is. It’s really just where I keep the remnants of projects that started with enormous enthusiasm and petered out somewhere between the initial spark and anything resembling completion. …