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vol. 2, no. 1 | Anniversary
May 18, 2025
To the many of you who misunderstood my creative writing exercise last week, I am so sorry! And also, it was kind of funny that you did! But, also, I am very...
Volume 1, Issue 48 | The Closing
May 11, 2025
Over the last few years, Livvy’s become really contemplative about her mortality, especially around her birthday. She’s taken to talking about the day before...
Volume 1, Issue 47 | Growing Pains
May 6, 2025
Norton, Livvy, and I have never led a community before. We’ve been in friend groups, but this slowly growing mix of people with different interests and...
Volume 1, Issue 46 | IKEA Effect
April 27, 2025
Last Sunday, while Dan and I worked on the one of the longer issues of Paperwork we’ve ever put out, Livvy and Norton assembled a new IKEA bookcase. It was a...
Volume 1, Issue 45 | We Go To Prom
April 20, 2025
Dan here. I don’t know when it started, but recently we have been repeating each other when we announce something. For instance, someone will say “We leave...
Volume 1, Issue 44 | Chesspassing
April 13, 2025
A handful of our regular members continued to be abroad this past week, in different places. Tired of their absence, two-thirds of Upper Management and two-...
Volume 1, Issue 43 | Suit Crimes
April 6, 2025
I say this a lot, but I’m feeling grateful for it again: the kind of people whose idea of a fun Saturday night is watching other people give presentations...
Volume 1, Issue 42 | Warm Harbor
March 31, 2025
Spring is here, and with it comes the yearly reminder that, like the budding branches on the trees out front, we renew and regrow each year. With the longer...
Volume 1, Issue 41 | Exceeds Expectations
March 24, 2025
I expected this first week back to be a good one, and it was much more than that. Revelations, milestones, and hijinks—a change of season. We had too many...
Volume 1, Issue 40 | Paperfolk
March 17, 2025
On Sunday morning, after weeks away, I returned to dear friends, an unrecognizably tidy space, search results for “coup d’état” on my screen, and Paperwork...
Volume 1, Issue 39 | How Can I Help?
March 9, 2025
Every month before the PowerPoint Party, folks show up about an hour early to help ready the space to host 50+ people in our little home. We quickly move...
Volume 1, Issue 38 | Succession
March 3, 2025
As I write this, Livvy and I are at an airport waiting for our flight while we write instructions for how to run The Company during our two weeks away. Since...
Volume 1, Issue 37 | Handshake
February 23, 2025
As fortune would have it, we were all here when she swept in with two copies of the new lease terms. We signed and then shook hands, all at the same time,...
Volume 1, Issue 36 | Sophomore Year
February 16, 2025
From the start, we’ve talked about The Company as a year-long experiment. We were super lucky to find a year-long commercial lease (compared to the standard...
Volume 1, Issue 35 | Suerza
February 10, 2025
A week of heady thoughts. News of possible futures and stories of the past, making the present more precious. Giving it a little bit more energy. On my mind:...
Volume 1, Issue 34 | Embodied Care
February 2, 2025
This past week we launched a new website (very exciting), a new room layout (medium exciting), and a new recurring event (most exciting): In the Making....
Volume 1, Issue 33 | Cliffhangers
January 26, 2025
Being out for a week didn’t use to represent nearly as much loss as it does for me these days. Except for Livvy and Norton, who I already saw every day...
Volume 1, Issue 32 | Shazam
January 19, 2025
This past Thursday, Management (Livvy, Norton, and I) had the chance to meet some people who spend a lot of time thinking about and building community. There...
Volume 1, Issue 31 | Structure and Chaos
January 13, 2025
We have a lot of rhythms here at The Company: unofficial watch parties, Weekly Wednesday Worknights, Moonlight Reports, Book Club, PowerPoint Parties, Yoga...
Volume 1, Issue 30 | New Acquaintance
January 5, 2025
While I’m trying to be more of a new-quarter guy than a new-year guy, I do really love the collective energy of the new year. Livvy and I talk about almost...
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