An update on learning Mandarin
Did you know there are three ways to say "walk"?
Read more
The optics could’ve been better
The optics could’ve been better I used to be confused by the reference to “optics” in phrases. It felt like yet another circular logic corporate-speak word. But I get it now and the word kept popping in my head throughout Expo weekend. For many things, the optics could’ve
On momentum
Shedding, sustaining, and gaining—a letter for paid subscribers
Day jobs
Are they worth having?
How rituals ground us
(*me, how they grounded me)