How to Notice What’s Actually Happening
Most people react to noise. The skill is learning to spot what’s real. Here’s how to build that habit and think more clearly.
April 17, 2025
Read the essayEXPERIMENT 01 / DISCOVERY
The wandering
index.
A different way into the archive.
Choose a direction. See what finds you.
31 published pieces. Plenty of possible detours.
Every thread leads to something already published here. Follow a theme or leave the choice to chance. Nothing to finish; nothing to keep up with.
Or, take the whole map.
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- 10 Expensive Things That Are Worth the MoneyTools & systems
- 10 Real-Life “Cheat Codes” That Actually WorkTools & systems
- A Saturday Morning with SantiagoBooks & reading
- Are Gen X Becoming the Next Boomers?Life & perspective
- Claude Cowork and the Rise of Agentic AITools & systems
- Finishing Anna Karenina and What It Stayed With MeBooks & reading
- Folded Egg Breakfast Wrap (Dairy-Free, Low Carb)Life & perspective
- Group Chats Are the New Front PorchLife & perspective
- How to Build a Daily Reading HabitBooks & reading
- How to Notice What’s Actually HappeningLife & perspective
- Make TextEdit Open With a Blank DocumentTools & systems
- The Case for Reading SlowlyBooks & reading
- The Great Gatsby at 100: Chasing Shadows Across the BayBooks & reading
- The Long Goodbye: Notes from a Former Stay-at-Home DadLife & perspective
- The New Standard: Why Google Sheets Is Outperforming ExcelTools & systems
- The Prime of Life at Fifty: Tolstoy on Aging and Midlife VitalityLife & perspective
- Tools I Actually Use: MX Master 3 and MX KeysTools & systems
- Tools I Actually Use: RaycastTools & systems
- Tools I Actually Use: TodoistTools & systems
- Trade as Soft Power: What We're Giving AwayLife & perspective
- Wellness Without the NoiseLife & perspective
- What I Noticed in the QuietLife & perspective
- What I Took from My Struggle Book 1 by Karl Ove KnausgaardBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part Five of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part Four of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part One of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part Six of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part Three of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- What I Took from Part Two of Anna KareninaBooks & reading
- Why Every Man Should Read More FictionBooks & reading
- Why Watching Movies at Home Is the FutureTools & systems