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Great Tools
There’s something simple about joy: it lives in the tools you use every day. For years, I loved the idea of espresso. I’d try to coax it out of a moka pot, force it through an Aeropress, always ending up with something that wasn’t quite right. I could get caffeine into my body, sure. But…
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Are we really making decisions
Or just connecting dots Yesterday while coming back from Cafe Cursor, Reddy2go explained a major life decision. Very articulate. Very thought-out. All the reasons lined up perfectly. Made me wonder: was that really why they decided, or are they connecting dots backward? Steve Jobs famously said you can only connect dots looking backward. But maybe…
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Singapore, Indonesia, and the Things You Notice in the Margins
I just got back from a work trip—Singapore for two days, Indonesia for a few more. Five meetings in Singapore, all the usual corporate choreography, and then we carved out time in Indonesia to actually look around instead of just existing in hotel lobbies and conference rooms. That’s where things got interesting. Not interesting in…
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At least it’s mine
MaybeMaybe tears aren’t weaknessMaybe healing sounds like breakingbecause it is.the careful shell I builtcracking opento let light touchwhat I’ve kept dark.I don’t know.I don’t know anything right nowexcept exhaustion livesin my bones from yearsof being fine, fine, finewhen nothing was fine.At least this falling aparthas weight to it,gravity and truthand the terrible reliefof finally, finallyletting…
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Ghost Light
You appeared againThough distance was safety.I built you betterin my mind than you were.The fantasy hurts.I chase what doesn’tchase me back.You were never youjust the mirror of my needto be enough. The ghost isn’t you.It’s who I was beforesome doors stayed closed.