I’m moving tomorrow. Or rather: I’m leaving my pandemic-era hunker location to move into a US-based apartment for a year, as was my plan back in early 2020 before essentially every aspect of my then-ambitions were sidelined for something like…
The term “red thread of fate” originates in Chinese folklore, referring to a bond between people who haven’t met, but who are destined to be with each other. The term is also used, contemporarily, in reference to an invisible connection…
With every step you take, it’s possible you might fall. That’s not pessimism, it’s the reality of being a perambulatory human being. Mathematical models have demonstrated that walking is just falling over and over again, but—and this is essential—it also means controlling…
On a semi-regular basis, I go through a period where I question essentially everything I do and how I do those things in an attempt to bring my behaviors into alignment with the most up-to-date iteration of myself. This flurry…
I’ve just returned from my first trip worthy of the label for over a year. For someone who’s accustomed to movement, all this holding still has been moderately stressful but also very educational. In the past, I’ve intentionally stayed put…
When I was younger—in my teens and early-20s—I always saw 35 as being the ideal age, because it was young enough not to be socially considered “old,” but old enough that people would take you seriously as a legitimate adult.…
I’m a big fan of personal experimentation. I find that regularly tweaking the variables that inform my thinking, shape my day, and feed my productive output helps me stay excited about all the things I do (and might do), while…
I’m aware, as I make loose plans for my post-pandemic lifestyle, that I’m making these plans as a pandemic-immersed version of myself. This is both exceedingly obvious and deceptively easy to forget as I make these plans. The me of…
Ideally, the tools we use amplify our capabilities. I often visualize my tools as a sort of exoskeleton: an Iron Man suit, or the kind used for lifting heavy things and fighting multi-mouthed xenos in Alien. For better and for worse, it’s possible…
Whatever our professions and however our lives are structured, our days are filled with inputs. These inputs are sensory by definition—sights, sounds, tactile sensations, tastes, smells—but they contain a boggling assortment of information, ranging from the aesthetic to survival-related data,…