Write Like Nobody Is Reading (They Aren't, at First)
The most liberating number on the internet is zero. Zero views, zero comments, zero subscribers. From the outside it looks like failure. From the inside, it is a soundproof room.
Continue readingReflections on books, the web, philosophy, and the quiet disciplines that hold a life together.
The Mortality Files #1: You Are Going to Die (And Other Obvious Lies)
Your heart beat about 100,000 times today.
Continue readingIt's Okay to Kiss your homies Good Night
Men are trained to love their friends in a dialect of insults and silences.We say “bro” and mean “I would carry you out of a burning building.” We say “you’re an idiot” and mean “I missed you.” We send a meme at 1 AM and mean “I am thinking about you and I hope your life is going okay,” but the meme does the talking because the talking is, for reasons none of us can fully explain, physically difficult.
Continue readingThe Last Message I Never Sent
The phone keeps twelve drafts. He keeps the phone.Draft 1. “Hey. Long time. How are you?” Written in March, 11 PM. Deleted because “how are you” is a question you ask when you’ve decided in advance not to hear the answer.
Continue readingHaggling Is a Philosophy
In the West, the price is a wall. It’s printed, it’s final, and you either pay it or leave.
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