Journal

    Business Plans Makes a Profit

    Two encounters with mansplaining become a reflection on expertise, operations, corporate life, and the humbling realization that understanding a system on paper is very different from living inside one.

    The Man on the Road in June

    A well-dressed man walking alone through the June heat of Abu Dhabi becomes the starting point for reflections on rescue, self-discipline, old ghosts, and the freedom of allowing others, and...

    Things We Carry Home

    An essay about therapy, flexibility, grudges, dignity, and the curious things we collect along the way—stories, resentments, habits, identities, and seashells—and deciding what is worth carrying home.

    The Banality of Systems

    An exploration of systems, artistry, and dignity, questioning whether efficiency should remain our highest value or whether the true purpose of our institutions is to make room for the messy,...