Archive (Page 2) • Now What?

Ask Me Anything!

December 16, 2025

Money, reading, writing, long-distance hiking, relationships, preparedness, grief, aging, offline life — anything!

The thing that makes you feel alive

December 9, 2025

The joys of being a human in a messy body

What's Working: December 2025

December 2, 2025

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 times are urgent; let us slow down."

November 25, 2025

Gentle questions for a chaotic season

Find the juice that's worth the squeeze

November 18, 2025

Four recent decisions (influenced by my collapse acceptance)

How much money is enough? (vol 1)

November 10, 2025

My dear reader. For the past 11 months I have been spending down my savings. This was intentional — after starting to divest from the stock market in June of...

What's Working: November 2025

November 3, 2025

My dear reader. Each month, as my free offering for all subscribers, I share what’s been working well in my life plus a curated list of links to what I’ve...

Staying out of the spiral

October 28, 2025

My dear reader. Tomorrow night, at my usual bedtime of 9pm, I’ll be changing into a hospital gown to get my first ever MRI. It’s my leg, you see. A potential...

The art of composting

October 20, 2025

My dear reader. I do not like it, and I have tried to resist it, but something that has proven to be true again and again in my life is that in order to not...

There can be no more waiting

October 13, 2025

My dear reader. What I am feeling right now, both personally (in the aftermath of my father’s death) and collectively (in the daily horrors of violent state...

What's Working: October 2025

October 6, 2025

Monthly pay-what-you-can subscriptions are here! If you’re currently a paid monthly subscriber and wish to either increase or decrease your payment amount,...

The question of the body

September 29, 2025

My dear reader. It has now been 39 days since my father died. He died in the early morning hours before dawn, and the phone tree went like this: hospice...

A soft, warm welcome

September 22, 2025

My dear reader. After more than three months away from my public writing practice, it is with such nervous excitement that I welcome you into our new digital...