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Essays

Mostly written for myself, then shared. A working archive that started on Substack as "To my future kids" and is being moved here piece by piece — tightened where I could, kept honest where I shouldn't. Edited versions live here; the more book-shaped versions will eventually live at tomyfuture.kids. For interviews and press coverage, see Press & Interviews.

  • Dec 21, 2025

    Sunday morning thoughts

    On wanting things, getting them, and discovering the grass-is-greener effect doesn't quit when you cross to the other side.

  • Nov 28, 2025

    Some notes to myself from the past

    Scribbles from a year-end solo trip to Chiba. On freedom, structure, love, and the version of me beginning the next chapter.

  • Nov 22, 2025

    Be Water

    Bruce Lee's actual lesson, beneath the motivational poster. Five levels of questioning, from imitation to fluidity, applied to fighting and to life.

  • Nov 19, 2025

    On Leverage Points

    Migration in progress.

  • Nov 2, 2025

    A Letter About Small Choices

    Migration in progress.

  • Oct 31, 2025

    Be a high agency person

    Migration in progress.

  • Oct 29, 2025

    The Duality of Life

    Migration in progress.

  • Oct 28, 2025

    Life Lately

    Migration in progress.

  • Sep 30, 2025

    好奇的生活

    Migration in progress · in Chinese.

  • Jul 22, 2025

    The Golden Years that didn't Feel Golden

    Migration in progress.

  • Jul 1, 2025

    A Manifesto (Rant) on Education

    Migration in progress.

  • Jun 23, 2025

    Flying over Fragile Earth

    Migration in progress.

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