Choosing a partner
A personal note on how the person beside you can shape your confidence, ambition, and direction.
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Articles, essays & letters
Writing.
Notes on design, communication and working life. A little more room to think something through.
The archive, so far: 85 articles · 32,528 words · 176,136 characters
Life & perspective
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I am a time traveller
Looking at today from the end of your life to find gratitude for the ordinary things around you.
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You, Queen Elizabeth, and the toilet
Letting go of the fear of what other people think and getting on with your own life.
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Don't conform
Finding people and environments that appreciate who you are instead of asking you to disappear.
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I was raised to be poor
Questioning inherited ideas about success, education, money, and what a good life should look like.
Newsletter · Breaking Freelance · No. 42
Tied to a proverbial tree
A short reflection on growing at different speeds and accepting the paths other people choose.
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Are you angry?
Learning to let go of resentment, set boundaries, and stop giving difficult people space in your day.
Newsletter · Breaking Freelance · No. 39
Me and my first PC
How a childhood computer, a stubborn teacher, and supportive parents shaped my path into technology.
Newsletter · Breaking Freelance · No. 30
Teachers' pets
What unfair treatment at school taught me about authority, creativity, and speaking up.
Newsletter · Breaking Freelance · No. 29
You are selfish
Looking at ambition, helping others, and the motives behind the work we choose to do.
Newsletter · Breaking Freelance · No. 24