The Journal
Essays.
Long-form pieces — usually four to eight thousand words. Published when they're ready, never on a schedule.
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On building things slowly
A defense of the long arc — why some ideas need years before they make sense.
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The shape of a working week
How small structural changes — Tuesdays free, mornings quiet — reshape what gets made.
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Against the productivity stack
Tools won't save you. Habits might. A skeptic's note on the apps we keep adopting.
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The patience of materials
A short essay on wood, leather, paper, and the things that age into themselves.
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A small theory of attention
Attention is both finite and trainable. What that asymmetry does to a working life.
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Why I stopped finishing books
A confession, and a small argument about how reading actually works.