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- 29 Nov, 2023just hand me down, give me a place to be
- 27 Nov, 2023some people like fruitcake, too
- 26 Nov, 2023the blog goes monochrome
- 25 Nov, 2023my black friday 2023
- 23 Nov, 2023the hurting kind
- 20 Nov, 2023metamorfosis, mi amor, metamorfosis
- 14 Nov, 2023playing football with my head for a change
- 13 Nov, 2023sometimes human beings have to just sit in one place and, like, hurt
- 12 Nov, 2023azelf, please
- 11 Nov, 2023writing slump and imposter syndrome
- 10 Nov, 2023a poem? for me?
- 10 Nov, 2023what's that ringing I hear in my ears?
- 09 Nov, 2023audentes fortuna iuvat
- 07 Nov, 2023things I will not miss about my last job: a running list
- 06 Nov, 2023burnout and black friday
- 05 Nov, 2023which roads have you taken to avoid your destiny?
- 04 Nov, 2023assorted snippets
- 04 Nov, 2023crafting the life i want to live
- 03 Nov, 2023wrestling with google photos, again
- 03 Nov, 2023some dimitrov poems, i think
- 02 Nov, 2023waiting for 2024
- 01 Nov, 2023"the summer you learned to swim" by michael simms
- 30 Oct, 2023climbing the cantril ladder
- 29 Oct, 2023puerto rico in photos, october 2023
- 26 Oct, 2023colanders of constellations
- 25 Oct, 2023lifting my leaden eyelids
- 23 Oct, 2023⭐ hanging on in quiet desperation
- 14 Oct, 2023desolation row
- 13 Oct, 2023hater's anthem
- 11 Oct, 2023i wasn't born to lose you
- 11 Oct, 2023a very kind email i received
- 11 Oct, 2023eating the frog
- 10 Oct, 2023culling my inbox + my favorite email newsletters
- 09 Oct, 2023tell me, how do you spend that precious dollar of yours?
- 07 Oct, 2023how to check total wordcount across all files in a folder
- 07 Oct, 2023⭐ looking back on 100k words
- 07 Oct, 2023this week has been, without a doubt, one of the weeks of my life
- 07 Oct, 2023⭐ gracias, señora
- 06 Oct, 2023the sick get sicker
- 05 Oct, 2023sea u later, seattle (2023 sep)
- 03 Oct, 2023X. I want from love only the beginning
- 02 Oct, 2023my disappointment knows no bounds
- 01 Oct, 2023new car day
- 30 Sep, 2023sephora nights and early flights
- 28 Sep, 2023⭐ i can't help it if i'm lucky
- 27 Sep, 2023hard rain
- 20 Sep, 2023on having the ball at my feet again
- 18 Sep, 2023communication is lossy by default
- 17 Sep, 2023honey and memory
- 15 Sep, 2023the fears are paper tigers
- 14 Sep, 2023trading in the dregs of my dignity
- 13 Sep, 2023"stone love" by louise erdrich
- 12 Sep, 2023the horrors persist, but so do i
- 10 Sep, 2023⭐ vinyl records and the diderot effect
- 07 Sep, 2023love poems on chocolate bars
- 05 Sep, 2023no, i haven't gone to therapy yet (but i want to try)
- 04 Sep, 2023labor day 2023 and restful time off
- 30 Aug, 2023reading as an escape
- 28 Aug, 2023hiding in plain sight
- 27 Aug, 2023sports with the elderly
- 20 Aug, 2023fighting autopilot
- 19 Aug, 2023"stationery" by agha shahid ali
- 18 Aug, 2023"mind and heart" by charles bukowski
- 17 Aug, 2023"in my next life let me be a tomato"
- 16 Aug, 2023"misty" by rosemerry wahtola trommer
- 16 Aug, 2023few places in this world are more dangerous than home
- 13 Aug, 2023home sweet home
- 08 Aug, 2023i used chatGPT for the first time
- 07 Aug, 2023moving out blues
- 31 Jul, 2023time is a jet plane, it moves too fast
- 29 Jul, 2023impromptu karaoke sessions
- 28 Jul, 2023⭐ laundry day and errand hangs
- 27 Jul, 2023no more takis
- 25 Jul, 2023writing my memoirs
- 25 Jul, 2023bookshelf
- 24 Jul, 2023a sad game of phone tag
- 23 Jul, 2023seeing stars and fighting back tears
- 23 Jul, 2023un bel dì, vedremo
- 22 Jul, 2023i faint in the worst of places
- 18 Jul, 2023motel blues
- 15 Jul, 2023lord of the (fruit) flies
- 14 Jul, 2023⭐ pay it forward! (the miracle of the lost vinyl)
- 13 Jul, 2023i love you, richard parker
- 08 Jul, 2023coney island and khao mun gai
- 07 Jul, 2023some physical trauma to go with the emotional
- 06 Jul, 2023how do i help future Me?
- 03 Jul, 2023the best $12 i ever spent
- 30 Jun, 2023why i try to write in plaintext
- 29 Jun, 2023⭐ why diversity matters
- 28 Jun, 2023"just take it one day at a time" (inertia for breakups)
- 27 Jun, 2023dealing with contempt
- 26 Jun, 2023pride weekend 2023 in nyc
- 23 Jun, 2023let us weep
- 21 Jun, 2023moving on is hard + thank you notes
- 20 Jun, 2023grocery lists (nyc day 28)
- 19 Jun, 2023happy juneteenth (nyc day 27)
- 15 Jun, 2023yesterday was not a good day to fly (nyc day 23)
- 14 Jun, 2023i get too attached to material things
- 13 Jun, 2023⭐ from boston with love
- 08 Jun, 2023Lenin and relationships
- 07 Jun, 2023orange skies (nyc day 21)
- 06 Jun, 2023every day we stray further from god's light... (nyc day 20)
- 05 Jun, 2023take care of yourself so you don't get sick like me (nyc day 18 & 19)
- 03 Jun, 2023ask away, my dear readers (nyc day 16 & 17)
- 02 Jun, 2023authority blinds + classical conditioning for friendships
- 01 Jun, 2023homesick and drowning in work (nyc day 15)
- 31 May, 2023journaling from bushwick inlet park (nyc day 14)
- 30 May, 2023how do you view your time?
- 29 May, 2023memorial day weekend in dc
- 25 May, 2023and somehow, a bad day to (maybe) top them all (nyc day 13)
- 24 May, 2023the city will test your resolve
- 23 May, 2023 shame on CLEAR for dishonest, predatory sales tactics
- 22 May, 2023⭐ working from the empire state building (nyc day 12)
- 21 May, 2023don't set yourself on fire to keep others warm (nyc day 11)
- 20 May, 2023rainy days in new york (nyc day 10)
- 19 May, 2023self-disclosing more when responding to "how are you?"
- 19 May, 2023"i am running into a new year" by lucille clifton
- 19 May, 2023i found a therapist! (nyc day 9)
- 18 May, 2023you can be sad and lonely, even in new york city (nyc day 8)
- 17 May, 2023first time at the laundromat (nyc day 7)
- 16 May, 2023"together and by ourselves" by alex dimitrov
- 15 May, 2023stillness is in short supply here (nyc day 5)
- 14 May, 2023sundays are for trader joe's pilgrimages (nyc day 4)
- 14 May, 2023"august" by alex dimitrov
- 13 May, 2023"the years" by alex dimitrov
- 13 May, 2023let's get lost in new york (nyc days 1-3)
- 12 May, 2023"monday," by alex dimitrov
- 11 May, 2023"days and nights" by alex dimitrov
- 10 May, 2023"december" by alex dimitrov
- 06 May, 2023"in the exodus I love you more" by mahmoud darwish
- 05 May, 2023⭐ the glass is already broken
- 04 May, 2023don't put up with people who are reckless with your heart
- 03 May, 202320 signs you're emotionally mature (notes from the school of life video)
- 02 May, 2023⭐ the not-so-tough love of immigrant parents
- 01 May, 2023⭐ 5 tips for comforting a heartbroken friend
- 30 Apr, 2023going through the 5 stages of grief
- 29 Apr, 2023⭐ lessons from 100 (!) posts on bear
- 28 Apr, 2023"it's the season i often mistake" by ada limón
- 27 Apr, 2023email is (still) king
- 26 Apr, 2023everything i’ve ever let go of has claw marks on it
- 25 Apr, 2023saving earthworms
- 24 Apr, 2023⭐ resisting instant gratification
- 23 Apr, 2023"the crunch" by charles bukowski (an excerpt from)
- 22 Apr, 2023the way i need you is a loneliness i cannot bear
- 21 Apr, 2023write hard and clear about what hurts
- 20 Apr, 2023you'll never have all the answers you seek
- 19 Apr, 2023grief comes in waves
- 18 Apr, 2023the taoist parable of the old man and his horse
- 17 Apr, 2023⭐ who do i address blog posts to?
- 13 Apr, 2023on becoming desensitized to bigotry
- 12 Apr, 2023what does it mean to move on?
- 11 Apr, 2023what's the best beginner fountain pen?
- 10 Apr, 2023draw your material desires
- 09 Apr, 2023⭐ hemingway on writing
- 08 Apr, 2023oh misery's mine
- 08 Apr, 2023maybe pain is just a lack of understanding
- 05 Apr, 2023"LSD" by alex dimitrov
- 04 Apr, 2023"winter solstice" by alex dimitrov
- 03 Apr, 2023"small kindnesses" by danusha laméris
- 01 Apr, 2023⭐ you don't know what you've got till it's gone
- 28 Mar, 2023"the mower" by philip larkin
- 11 Mar, 2023fotos de santiago, chile 2019ago
- 10 Mar, 2023"won't you celebrate with me" by lucille clifton
- 24 Feb, 2023⭐ show the inside of your head in public
- 23 Feb, 2023⭐ you don't have to fail with abandon
- 22 Feb, 2023⭐ why i use cheap notebooks
- 06 Feb, 2023⭐ how i deal with "writer's block"
- 05 Feb, 2023the enshittification of everything
- 25 Jan, 2023covid-19 rebound and revisiting pokémon
- 20 Jan, 2023migrating passwords to keepassxc
- 14 Jan, 2023in praise of fickle fans
- 09 Jan, 2023doing my time with covid-19
- 28 Dec, 2022goodhart's law, or the unintended consequences of your goals
- 20 Dec, 2022the types of videogames i like
- 19 Dec, 2022tom sachs: finding the inspiration of your inspiration
- 08 Dec, 2022warm december
- 05 Dec, 2022my spotify wrapped 2022
- 04 Dec, 2022on making wishlists
- 03 Dec, 2022why i only use plain black wallpapers
- 02 Dec, 2022elon's 6 sigma rules for productivity
- 01 Dec, 2022van neistat's 12 rules of gifting
- 28 Nov, 2022thanksgiving postmortem
- 21 Nov, 2022what you give up for those sweet black friday savings
- 17 Nov, 2022questions to ask before making any purchase
- 15 Nov, 2022do you draft cards & letters before you write them?
- 14 Nov, 2022⭐ curiosity is a curse
- 13 Nov, 2022nostalgia, ultra
- 12 Nov, 2022drive with a world cup commentator!
- 10 Nov, 2022temper your schadenfreude
- 09 Nov, 2022who turned out the sun?
- 04 Nov, 2022how to be a good rideshare driver
- 31 Oct, 2022⭐ pretending to work
- 30 Oct, 2022some of my favorite photos from 2021
- 28 Oct, 2022⭐ my love-hate relationship with mechanical watches
- 26 Oct, 2022my cloud storage crisis
- 24 Oct, 2022⭐ an ode to that "coffee friend"
- 23 Oct, 2022how i use a windows keyboard with a mac
- 20 Oct, 2022puerto rico in photos, october 2022
- 11 Oct, 2022⭐ some of my writing inspirations
- 10 Oct, 2022getting my 'first' electric toothbrush
- 09 Oct, 2022getting old sucks
- 08 Oct, 2022reflections on decluttering
- 29 Sep, 2022business travel is not as fun as it sounds
- 27 Sep, 2022pay attention to your server's name
- 26 Sep, 2022my favorite two slogans from '68 france
- 26 Sep, 2022how (not) to approach dogs
- 23 Sep, 2022a better way to bypass paywalls
- 22 Sep, 2022deleting social media doesn't make you a digital minimalist
- 20 Sep, 2022takeaways from blog semi-virality
- 16 Sep, 2022gricean maxims
- 15 Sep, 2022walking barefoot
- 13 Sep, 2022⭐ please don't be spooky
- 12 Sep, 2022how i meditate
- 11 Sep, 2022on when i write
- 08 Sep, 2022on eating out alone
- 03 Sep, 2022a beginner's guide to fountain pens
- 02 Sep, 2022takeaways from visiting sf in aug 2022
- 01 Sep, 2022follow that rabbit hole
- 31 Aug, 2022on traveling by amtrak
- 23 Aug, 2022pros and cons of using Los Angeles public transit
- 13 Aug, 2022on kongguksu (콩국수) and trying new things
- 12 Aug, 2022should i rent a car on vacation? + a rant about public transit
- 09 Aug, 2022lifetime warranties are (often) scams
- 05 Aug, 2022corporate culture discourages honesty
- 04 Aug, 2022don't take your Uber driver for granted
- 30 Jul, 2022my grilled cheese and tomato soup recipe
- 27 Jul, 2022⭐ be 'big picture' eco-conscious
- 14 Jul, 2022some lessons from my experience with the American healthcare system
- 09 Jul, 2022how to denote that you've stopped reading a book on Goodreads
- 04 Jul, 2022going mousefree
- 04 Jul, 2022thunderstorms, fireworks, and mass shootings
