There's something here about time, about the way these moments exist outside the usual rhythm of productivity and purpose. This isn't about work-life balance, that tired phrase that suggests life and work exist in neat, opposing corners that can be measured and managed. I'm not advocating for less ambition or fewer late nights or the gentle... See more

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes." — Marcel Proust

The world, I've discovered, is a masterful flirt. It leaves little gifts everywhere—the way morning light catches in spider webs, how rain releases that earthy sweetness into the air (petrichor, they call it, though no word could fully capture that particular alchemy of water and dust that smells like pure possibility), the particular green of new... See more