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.
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.
Jackson Browne’s creative process wasn’t fueled by inspiration but by intention. His quiet method—marked by teakettles and repetition—taught Glenn Frey the real rhythm of creativity.
Before I ever wrote about productivity, I worked behind the counter at Costco. It’s where I learned one of the most practical lessons I still use today — a simple idea from Jim Sinegal about staying nimble, no matter how much changes around you.
We talk about content and context in productivity, but contrast is what gives either meaning. It’s the pause, the pivot, and the power behind progress.
Self-automation isn’t about technology — it’s about reducing the friction between intention and action. Here’s how to use it to free up time, focus better, and live more deliberately.
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