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Big ideas. Roundabout paths. Satisfying wins.
Why Your Brain Can't Focus Where It Sleeps
Your bedroom isn't a neutral space. Your brain has been taking notes on everything that happens there — and focus isn't on the list.
I Let AI Design My Home Office
I had a perfectly good home office I never used. Fixing it meant throwing out everything I thought I knew about what a workspace is supposed to look like.
The Sorting Party Needed a Dessert
My family went to Universal Studios over winter break and every single one of us sorted into the Hogwarts house we'd already chosen. I wanted to mark the moment with food, and I had no idea where to start.
Butterbeer Stuffed Cookies (v1)
Brown-butter butterscotch cookies with a silky cream center. Version 1 — it works, with known issues already being fixed in round two.
How I Turn Conversations Into Content
I wanted to write a blog series using my real AI conversations as source material. The problem was I couldn't find anything in them.
The Catalyst
I have a PhD, a faculty position, and a brain that fights me every single day. The thing that finally helped wasn't a planner or a productivity system. It was a conversation.