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The Kitchen Timer is Key to My Morning Routine

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

The Science of Storytelling by Will Storr

Whether you're in writer-mode or person-mode, this analysis of the neuroscience behind storytelling feels so accurate, concrete, and compelling. And it's sure to make my novels better.

Structuring 2025 Goals—Best Books for Habit Formation & Motivation

Some 2025 goals, personal summaries, and of course—recommendations for airport buys on habit stacking and optimization.

Rabbit Hole—Figure Drawing, Dancing, and the Body

A loose series of connections between an aesthetic appreciation of the body, the psychology of self-portraiture, my love for dancing, and other thoughts (& reads) on embodiment.

What Counts as Book Research?

What I've figured out so far about conveying experiences realistically, expensing them properly, etc,.

Should I Be Journaling More or Less? On Memory and Potentially Lying to Yourself

How should you record your life in the pursuit of clarity? Plus, a book rec that will give you an existential crisis. (Sorry.)

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Notes on Sisyphus: The Latest in My Book Revision

Up the hill again.

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