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What I'm doing now

A snapshot of where my head and hours are going at the moment — not a permanent record. Inspired by Derek Sivers' /now page movement. It changes when life does.

June 2026

It’s the middle of June and the year has folded over on itself faster than I expected. I’ve just closed out a long stretch of research work, and for the first time in a while my calendar has white space in it. I’m trying not to fill all of it.

Working on

Mostly winding down and writing up. I’ve been turning half-finished notes into proper posts — the kind I kept telling myself I’d “publish later.” Later is now. This very page is part of that: a small public commitment to keep showing up on the page even when the thought isn’t fully formed.

Reading

Metaphors We Live By

George Lakoff & Mark Johnson

A little fiction at night to balance the technical reading during the day. I’ve noticed I think better on days that start with twenty quiet pages and end with twenty more.

Thinking about

  • What I actually want the next year to look like, now that the obvious next step isn’t obvious.
  • How to write more honestly here — less performance, more field notes.
  • Whether “doing less, but deliberately” is a strategy or just a nice thing to say.

This is a now page — a snapshot of where my head is at, not a permanent record. When life shifts, so will this. If you want to know what I’m up to, this is the most honest place to look.

February 2026

Winter, and the days are short and dense. Most of my hours go into one big research problem that has been equal parts thrilling and humbling. Progress is slow but real — the kind you only notice when you look back a month later.

Working on

Heads-down on the project that’s been eating my brain. Lots of dead ends, the occasional afternoon where a plot finally looks the way the math said it should. Those afternoons are why I do this.

Reading

Mostly papers. My to-read folder grows faster than I can clear it, which I’ve decided to treat as a feature rather than a bug.

Life

Trying to protect a few non-negotiables: a daily walk, calls home, and not checking messages before coffee. Some weeks I manage all three. Most weeks I manage one.