Something's gotta give
an update and an AMA
What's Working: May 2026
What’s been working well in my life - plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking.
The days add up
15 years of sobriety
Meet the new family member!
Yes, I have a pet sheep now.
Risk everything for joy
If not now, when?
What's Working: April 2026
What’s been working well in my life - plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking.
Where we find salvation
or: the sacred assignment of being a collapse-aware person
Radical generosity: a participatory experiment
Microgrants for emergency preparedness (plus a digital gift-economy-style comments thread where ya'll can gift things to each other!)
Dispatch from the prepper diaries
What the war in Iran looks like through a collapse-awareness lens, and what I'm doing to prepare for downstream impacts.
An introduction thread: Who are you (right now)?
My dear reader. Last September, when I moved my newsletter from Substack to Buttondown, a lot of people unsubscribed. 700, maybe? That’s a normal thing that...
What's Working: March 2026
What’s been working well in my life - plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking.
"Do you want to see a picture of me when I was hot?"
or: building an emotional time capsule
Notes from the first 6 weeks of my low spend experiment
What I’ve learned so far, where I stuck to my initial plan for this experiment, and where I broke the rules.
Self-discipline: is it self-love or self-coercion?
Friday bonus note #2
Death of the LinkedIn self
What happens when you stop caring about any kind of career achievement?
A new experiment! (short Friday bonus notes)
Think: less of an essay, more of a quick, messy, real time share.
What's Working: February 2026
What’s been working well in my life - plus a curated list of links to what I’ve been reading, listening to, watching, and cooking!
The next right step
Four actions we can take right now in solidarity with Minneapolis
What I mean when I talk about "collapse"
My dear reader. This story about collapse could start in so many different places, each of them true in their own way. I could say, for instance, that it...
Keep shoving
My dear reader. I have been writing and sharing personal stories on the internet for over 18 years now, and yet there are some weeks when even after all that...