Life, Slightly Out of Order
A quiet check-in during a slightly unsettled stretch
Latest
The Joy of Not Explaining Yourself
What happens when you stop rushing to make your ideas legible
Being Honest Without Making Yourself Unhireable
What freelancers get wrong about authenticity, vulnerability, and public writing
Some Emails Are Just… There
What to do with messages you never asked for
On Not Wanting an Audience for Every Thought Anymore
A look back at oversharing as survival and what comes after it
This Is a Low-Volume Holiday Season
What it’s like when December shows up without much fanfare
If Art Has Rules, They Don’t Work Anymore
A storyteller’s take on intention, AI tools, and the myth of “real” creativity
On Discovering Flannery O’Connor When You’re Finally Old Enough to Appreciate Her
A reflection on timing, obsession, and the fear that there are more good books than years left to read them
7 Uncomfortable Truths You Only Learn Once You Stop Trying to Be Likable
The backstage pass to adulthood nobody meant to hand you
The Day After a Holiday Is Always Strange (And Nobody Talks About It)
A field guide to feeling weird
We Don’t Do the Big Family Thanksgiving Table Thing
And honestly? The holiday’s better for it
Please Forward All Mail to the Current Version of Me
What your old internet acquaintances can teach you about growth (and selective replying)
Life
The Art of the Quiet Pivot
How small, almost-invisible shifts can secretly re-route your entire life
Self Image
On the Spiritual Art of Letting People Be Wrong About You
Reclaiming your own narrative when the world keeps inventing a version of you that doesn't exist
Life Lessons
You Can’t Choose Your Way Out of Being Human
Why even the "right" choices will eventually make you cry in a Target parking lot
Movies
Mandy and the Art of Growing Older Without Becoming a Cult Leader
What an acid-washed revenge movie taught me about aging, ego, and building a world worth living in
Internet
The Internet Used to Be About People
And maybe it still could be, if we'd stop acting like walking brand deals
Mental Health
The Great Stability Hoax
For everyone currently pretending to be fine while quietly Googling “how to move to the woods”
Why I’ll Never Be “Over It” (and Don’t Want to Be)
Because closure is for storage units, not people
Short Fiction
Again, and Again, and Again: A Parable
A study in loop, light, and the loneliness of the divine
Creativity
Every Bloom Has Its Dirt
On the unseen labor, sacred routines, and beautiful chaos behind every finished thing
Connection
Boundaries, Kindness, and the Myth of the Accessible Creator
How small creators get mistaken for best friends, therapists, and emotional support baristas
Movies
I Am Elisabeth Sparkle (and So Are You)
Notes on The Substance and the freedom of letting yourself grow older
Parallel Lives
How to Take Things Apart (Without Scaring the Neighbors)
On mortuaries, butchery, and why curiosity isn’t the same thing as creepiness