What the Lounger Ant Teaches Us About Being Busy
The ants aren’t as industrious as we imagine. Their “lounger ants” reveal why busyness isn’t the point — and why intention is.
Nurturing the Now
In this reflection, I explore why nurturing the present moment matters far more than trying to shape a legacy. Legacy is retrospective; the now is where agency actually lives. This piece builds on the latest PM Talks episode while offering a different path: tending thoughtfully to the time we’re living through.
A First Time (at Twenty)
We put up our Christmas tree this weekend, and our 20-year-old Japanese exchange student told us it was his first time ever. That small moment revealed something bigger: firsts can arrive at any age, and our different experiences with time deserve curiosity, not judgment.
Ripeness Takes Time
Ripeness isn’t a deadline — it’s a relationship. Some things can’t be rushed, and what counts as “ready” varies with time, taste, and intention.
When Rick Rubin Met Seth Godin (And Why It Made Perfect Sense)
A few years ago, I found myself deep into Shangri-La, the Showtime series that follows Rick Rubin around his almost-mythic creative compound. The whole show feels like a slow exhale—Rubin barefoot, staring into the distance, coaxing clarity out of artists who arrive carrying their own storms. And then, in the middle of all that quiet
When Time Isn’t the Enemy
We’ve been told time is something to outrun, outsmart, or surrender to. But what if it was never our opponent in the first place? This is a look at why the “time wins” narrative misses something essential — and how shifting that stance changes everything.
When Rest Rises in Value
Rest is rising in value, and Dr. Michael Breus’s work shows why. In this episode, we explore how chronotypes shift, why wellness has become too complicated, and how breathing, hydration, and sleep form the foundation for meaningful productivity.
On Winning the Quiet War with Time
I’ve been listening to This Is How You Lose the Time War—that beautifully strange, epistolary science-fiction love story by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone—and it’s been echoing through everything I write and think about time. On the surface, it’s about two agents—Red and Blue—fighting across timelines for competing futures. But beneath the machinery and metaphor,
Where the Edges Go
Time has a way of creeping past its borders. Days stretch, weeks blur, and what was meant to be contained spills outward. Theming helps restore those edges — and so does remembering that our time is always limited.