who i am i design, build, and test things. mostly around health, money, and how to think clearly. why this site exists this site is my thinking log...
Today I bought Bearblog Pro. Not because I needed the extra features. The free plan was already enough. I bought it because I wanted to make a small commitment to myself. For years I've quietly read Bearblog. Every time I opened the Discover page, I found thoughtful people sharing pieces of their lives. It never felt like people were trying to become creators. It felt like people thinking out…
It’s midnight. The world is quiet. That almost never happens. During the day, reflection feels impossible. Life moves too fast. Work. People. Noise. Screens. News. Opinions. By the time I slow down, I’m already tired. But at night, something changes. When everyone is asleep, there’s no pressure to perform. No need to react. No need to keep up. I can finally look at myself without interruption. I…
the dead internet is already here Before you even finished the first sentence, you probably had a thought. “What if this is written by AI?” That reaction alone proves the point. There was a time when the internet felt real by default. Photos were real unless proven fake. Videos were real unless badly edited. Text came from humans unless it screamed spam. That baseline is gone. Now everything…
in 2018, i stumbled onto derek sivers’ website. it felt different. like someone thinking out loud clearly, calmly, without trying to impress. i remember thinking: i want my own site like this. then i found mark manson. james clear. julian. people writing on their own little corners of the internet, as if they were talking directly to me. i fell into that rabbit hole. their writing kept giving me…