About
Time Spent is a weekly newsletter about how we spend our time—on care, on craft, with machines, and in media. It's for people building thoughtful lives inside a chaotic world.
Each week, you'll receive one of four rotating essays:
✍️ On Craft – How do we make things that matter—without burning out or losing ourselves?
🧶 On Care – What invisible systems shape how we carry care—and how might we design them with more dignity and intention?
🤖 Companion Machines – What human habits are being reshaped by AI tools—and what do we need to learn to build wiser relationships with them? (Includes optional paid modules.)
💻 On Media – How do we decide what deserves our attention—and what models of reading and reflection help us understand the world more deeply?
Why subscribe: Whether you're a writer, parent, educator, or systems thinker, this newsletter is an invitation to be more intentional about the invisible work of building a life.
Most essays are free. Paid subscribers receive monthly teaching modules that go deeper into the AI series, with context, emotional skills, and related readings. They also get occasional behind-the-scenes updates on building The Library, my public notebook.
Popular Posts
✍️ Craft: Who gets to be a journalist? (examining power, access, and the future of news)
🧶 Care: Home as a care studio (organizing the metaphor of home as a place of creation)
🤖 AI: OK let's talk about AI + feelings (how not to be swept away by magic and hyperbole)
📚 Reading: On the Choice to Become Parents (a curated reading list about the emotional dimensions of reproduction)
Who I Am
After producing and consuming journalism for about a decade, I've come to view it as a mindset for observing the world and listening to people that can be applied to virtually any situation. I'm currently trying to apply this mindset to my daily life.
You can see the formal stuff here.
