The Journal

Essays.

Long-form pieces — usually four to eight thousand words. Published when they're ready, never on a schedule.

Most recent

The quiet discipline of writing every morning

Some thoughts on routine, attention, and the small daily practice that compounds into a body of work over years.

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A defense of the long arc — why some ideas need years before they make sense.

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How small structural changes — Tuesdays free, mornings quiet — reshape what gets made.

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Tools won't save you. Habits might. A skeptic's note on the apps we keep adopting.

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A short essay on wood, leather, paper, and the things that age into themselves.

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Attention is both finite and trainable. What that asymmetry does to a working life.

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A confession, and a small argument about how reading actually works.