Read next
The Weight of Being Whole
On solidity, the questions that shatter comfortable silences, and learning to be the kind of person others can lean against without falling through.
The Friend Who Forgot How to Nod
Watch how their eyes shift when you ask them to define success. I've become a collector of these moments—when comfortable abstractions demand anatomy. On learning to dissect ideas without drawing blood from their creators.
If I had eight hours to chop down a tree, I'd spend the first six seconds sharpening the axe
The work that will matter most—the thing that will actually change your life—is probably smaller than you think and messier than you'd like and waiting for you to stop sharpening and start swinging.