Writing5 min read
The case for writing in the margins
Clean books are a kind of politeness nobody asked for. What a pencil does to a page, and to the person holding it.
The archive
Everything written so far
6 essays on writing, attention and the habits behind careful work. Newest first.
Habits4 min read
A slower kind of morning
I did not need to wake at five. I needed the first hour of the day to belong to me instead of to a screen.
Notes6 min read
What a year of keeping a paper log taught me
One line a day, written by hand, for twelve months. The surprise was not what I recorded but what I could finally see.
Design5 min read
Designing with less
Restraint is not an aesthetic. It is a decision about what a page is for, made early enough to hold.
Attention6 min read
Notes from a week without screens
Seven days off every screen I own. Days one to three were unpleasant in a way I had not expected.
Craft5 min read
On finishing things
The last ten percent has no glamour in it. It is also the only part that turns work into something a stranger can use.
