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
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.
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.
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,
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.
This post is only here for a few days — a short, curated list of tools and resources I use or trust, many with Black Friday deals attached.
I’ve always loved stuffing—specifically the humble stovetop kind. It’s my favourite part of the whole holiday spread, and I’d happily eat it any time of year. There’s a quiet lesson in that: sometimes the thing we treat as a side dish is actually what nourishes us most.
Underdogs don’t rise through luck — they rise through clarity and persistence. In this post, I explore what Quang X. Pham taught me about confronting challenges, committing to growth, and course-correcting with patience.
We try to manage time, but time can’t be managed—it moves on with or without us. What we can manage is space: the gaps, buffers, and pauses that give time its meaning.
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