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bar chart of maximum tolerance for grossness before raising a young child vs. while raising a young child

January 8, 2026

I Would Like To Address Some Clichés And Surprises About Parenting

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drawing of a person daydreaming about drinking coffee while drinking coffee

December 24, 2025

The Busy Coffee Drinker’s Guide To Being Present

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Jeff in the kitchen making cranberry bread

December 11, 2025

The Greatest Gift Of All (?)

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October 30, 2025

When You Can Walk Anywhere You Want

tools

September 18, 2025

I Go To The Hardware Store

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mer de glace

September 4, 2025

I Hope You Like Mountains

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Motatapu Ultra finish

August 7, 2025

When We Finish

products and changing my life

July 24, 2025

Take It Away, Stranger

garlic, cutting board, and knife

June 19, 2025

Two Different Mountains

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June 5, 2025

Analog Monologue

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view north from corner peak summit

April 17, 2025

Maybe Next Time. Maybe Not

Love and Like both pie charts

April 3, 2025

Update: I Don’t Actually Hate Running Now

Tom from MySpace

March 20, 2025

It’ll Never Be Enough Until You Decide It’s Enough

photo of snow shovel next to cleared sidewalk

February 20, 2025

Reminder To Touch Grass

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January 9, 2025

Here’s A Nice Thing: Weekday Biophilia

drawing of a sweatshirt reading "practice maximum enthusiasm"

January 7, 2025

Make 2025 The Year Of Maximum Enthusiasm

handwritten list of best meals of 2024

December 26, 2024

Recommendation: Make Your Own ‘Best Of 2024’ List

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FOOD

handwritten note: TO: ideal version of myself REMINDER to buy chainsaw, and then carry chainsaw into the woods to remove deadfall, as a service to all trail users, including myself

November 14, 2024

Somebody Should Do Something About This

hand drawn chart of possible tracks of the lifespan of a friendship

October 17, 2024

How To Stay In Touch

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Illustration: Here Be Dragons

September 5, 2024

I Stopped To Read Some Signs And Let Me Tell You

hand-drawn pie chart: Why Can't I Take A Day Off?

August 8, 2024

Learning To Rest

line graph of "and then I found five dollars" ending

July 25, 2024

The $5 Ending

July 27, 2023

Things Are Different Now

December 29, 2022

MAKE 2023 THE YEAR OF MAXIMUM ENTHUSIASM

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illustration of mountain made up of small mountains

December 1, 2022

Adventures In Radical Incrementalism

semi-rad illustration: the race you wanted vs the race you got

November 10, 2022

We Interrupt Your Expectations To Bring You Your Actual Marathon

illustration of line graph of brain activity

November 3, 2022

Maybe I’m Not “Having Trouble Sleeping”