The Experiment Begins (With Reasonable Skepticism) Three weeks ago, I sat at my kitchen table with a cup of coffee that had gone lukewarm and a half-formed idea that felt equal parts curiosity and mild self-sabotage. I had just finished another therapy session where I left feeling like I’d explained my thoughts but not quite …
Month: April 2026
Why We Write When We Don’t Know What We’re Doing I started keeping a notebook because I was tired of having the same three conversations with myself over and over. You know the kind: the one where you’re lying in bed at 2 AM convinced you’ve figured something out, then you wake up and it’s …
The Thing I Noticed Three years ago, if someone at a dinner party mentioned taking Ozempic for weight loss, the conversation would stop. There would be that specific kind of silence where everyone becomes very interested in their appetizer. Now? People talk about it the way they talk about their antidepressants or their sleep struggles. …
The Thing That Made Me Stop Scrolling I was halfway through my third coffee on a Tuesday morning when I saw the number: 5.1 years. That’s what Bryan Johnson’s epigenetic age was tracking as of early 2025, compared to his actual age of 47. The internet was, predictably, losing its mind. Not just losing it …
The Deal I Made With Myself Here’s the thing about morning phone scrolling: you don’t really decide to do it. Your eyes open, your hand moves, and suddenly you’re watching someone’s cat video at 6:47 AM while your coffee gets cold. According to a Pew Research Center 2025 digital habits report, the average American checks …