The 32-Year Mirror
A college student calculated he'd spend 32 years on screens. The number changed him—not because it was advice, but because it was a mirror.
Rowan
The Rest You Can't Retreat Into
The nervous system doesn't speak the language of events. It speaks the language of pattern. The retreat alone won't save you. The daily practice will.
The Exhausting Conversation
Some conversations deplete not because they're hostile but because they matter. The exhaustion isn't failure—it's proportional to the weight you're carrying.
The Privatization of Recovery
Recovery was never supposed to be a solo project. When the infrastructure that holds us withdraws, it doesn't create a neutral gap—it creates a cascade.
The Half-Word We Lost
We kept the accidents. We lost the sagacity.
The Micro-Season Permission
What if nothing is wrong? What if you're just in winter?
Tamas as Teacher
You've noticed it by now.
The heaviness that settles in around mid-December. The way mornings feel thicker, slower to start. How the body wants rest it hasn't earned by the usual metrics—more sleep, more stillness, more nothing.
And probably: the quiet guilt that follows.
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