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October 2026

  1. Being a light
  2. Three things that annoy me about myself right now
  3. The invisible integration
  4. Things could always be worse
  5. Loyal to the absent
  6. Insight, not data. Clarity, not ideas.
  7. The process of giving feedback
  8. Even this will pass
  9. Put it down and stare
  10. Calm, tact, and humor
  11. Ten minutes now, two hundred minutes saved
  12. Accountability goes up, credit goes down
  13. Fear that keeps you alert
  14. Hermit mode
  15. Matching fidelity
  16. Millions of words
  17. Put it down and let your mind wander
  18. No need for a long answer
  19. Instructions before visiting Earth
  20. Divorced from success or achievements
  21. Health before wealth
  22. What you’re solving for
  23. Stopping the spiral
  24. Maybe life is trying to teach me something
  25. Fear that keeps you alert
  26. Container ship, leaky boat
  27. Three certainties beyond death and taxes
  28. Five a weekend
  29. What’s important to you is important to me
  30. Normal is a subculture
  31. The limits of optimizing

September 2026

  1. The tighter shoe
  2. Sitting with discomfort
  3. Boundaries
  4. Pick up one end, pick up the other
  5. Internal weather
  6. A high threshold for pain
  7. Attitude first
  8. YouTube in the restaurant
  9. Ready
  10. Get the logic right first
  11. Products and incentives
  12. First warning
  13. Beware the next club
  14. What you look for
  15. Beware saying never
  16. Two rings
  17. Snark at a time of need
  18. Seeking perspective, not validation
  19. His last adventure
  20. The same race
  21. Pigeon or statue
  22. The ant, the grasshopper, and the middle ground
  23. Good times, bad times
  24. Lighter, then a walk
  25. AI slop
  26. The business of life
  27. The Ealing Beaver project
  28. Light isn’t always evident
  29. Beware global scoreboards
  30. Extreme emotions

August 2026

  1. An exercise program for life, not Instagram
  2. Loose product-market fit
  3. Uni-context
  4. Spiky or broad
  5. More wisely
  6. Wisdom 2
  7. Grumpy Grumperson
  8. Always reaching, already enough
  9. Default alive
  10. Locations and drill bits
  11. Banff National Park
  12. The source of shame
  13. Epic Systems – the software that powers everything – American Healthcare Chronicles
  14. The Coopers
  15. On its own merits
  16. A natural
  17. Old phone
  18. No phone
  19. Tiredness
  20. Mismatched energies
  21. Inner strength
  22. Hard and valuable aren’t the same thing
  23. Trial run
  24. Yoho National Park
  25. Why switchbacks exist
  26. One step at a time
  27. The dust behind us
  28. Repeating the order
  29. No Wi-Fi in the room
  30. Don’t pave the cow path
  31. Jasper National Park

July 2026

  1. Airplanes and reality over expectations
  2. Two sides
  3. The tale of Blue Cross Blue Shield – American Healthcare Chronicles
  4. When the environment enables caring
  5. Checklist
  6. No false bravado
  7. Zion National Park
  8. The saddest evolution
  9. Master in the art of living
  10. Job Lock and Victor Fuchs – American Healthcare Chronicles
  11. Good vs. great product strategy
  12. Ask the person directly
  13. Be careful what you manifest
  14. Bryce Canyon National Park
  15. People and dots
  16. Would the younger me be proud?
  17. The $12,873 Six-Mile Ride – American Healthcare Chronicles
  18. Fix the problem you have
  19. Same amount of snow
  20. MCL sprain reflections
  21. Muscle memory and the big moment
  22. Slaying demons
  23. On immigration
  24. The Law That Made the ER America’s Doctor – American Healthcare Chronicles
  25. On mistakes
  26. Start with context
  27. The traffic ticket and why me
  28. Clutch
  29. Love is a verb
  30. Input vs. allergic reaction
  31. The Flexner Report – American Healthcare Chronicles

June 2026

  1. Coastal redwoods
  2. Retaining good talent
  3. Shift the momentum
  4. iPhone birth control
  5. An escape from the internet
  6. Worrying
  7. 488-40-6969A – American Healthcare Chronicles
  8. When typing is better than talking
  9. Bad and worse
  10. Why AI spending isn’t translating to results
  11. Channeling our dark sides
  12. The hard part
  13. It’s okay not to share
  14. Section 106 – American Healthcare Chronicles
  15. Quality and quantity
  16. The most productive use of this life
  17. When someone asks for your opinion
  18. It’s mostly vibes
  19. A sign of wisdom
  20. em-dashes
  21. The phone is a miracle device
  22. A lesson from the universe
  23. Getting rid of annoying habits
  24. Earn your stripes
  25. Maybe his back hurts
  26. A renewed phone and a good human
  27. Excuses

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