This space wasn’t designed to win attention or to keep pace with the noise around. It grew slowly, out of lived experience, contradictions, and the strange comedy of being human — and it exists only because some readers find something familiar there and choose to return.
I share the work here openly and without interruption, trusting that those who find value in it understand what it takes to keep it that way.
If something here has made you pause for a moment, laugh at the absurdity of the human show, or feel a little less alone in this strange dance between inner life and outer chaos, you can support the project in whatever way feels right to you:
I want this place to remain what it is: a small outpost for people who haven’t completely surrendered to the noise. No sponsors whispering behind the essays, no paywalls performing exclusivity, and no productivity sermons disguised as philosophy. Just writing — the slow, inconvenient kind that requires time to wander, to fail, to observe honestly, and to return with something worth saying.
Writing like this doesn’t scale. It’s not fueled by trends, content hacks, or the usual incentives of the attention economy. It grows out of lived thought, and that kind of work needs time — the one resource modern life fragments mercilessly.
Your support doesn’t “buy content." It buys the time and freedom required for essays that aren’t built for the 15-second skim but for the rare reader who still engages with depth, confusion, humor, and humanity.
To keep this space running, there’s also a quieter corner of the site — the Reading Desk — where I curate reading lists and reflections. Some of that work uses affiliate links. They don’t sustain the writing, but they help cover part of the site’s basic costs — hosting, domain, and the Ghost CMS — so the essays can remain free of ads, sponsorships, or performance pressure.
If supporting financially isn’t possible, that’s completely fine. You can share an essay with someone who might need a quiet moment, or simply come back when the world gets too loud. Not every form of support involves money. Attention, resonance, and presence also matter — in some ways more than anything else.
Thanks for reading — and for being part of what keeps this space alive.
— Jake