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Life rarely changes all at once. Most of it happens somewhere in between.

BTWN is a journal of work, identity, reinvention, leadership, and the unfinished middle.

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Aug 31, 2026

I will meet people today who are not intent on making me happy.

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Aug 30, 2026

The biggest decisions in our lives probably don’t look very big when we’re making them.

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Aug 29, 2026

We say it all the time when someone dies: they lived a good life. I’ve been wondering what we actually mean by that.

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Jul 3, 2026

I used to think I needed to be ok before I had permission to say anything. I don't believe that anymore.

BTWN is a place for things worth thinking about. The things we’re reading, noticing, questioning, making, and occasionally arguing with.

No answers promised. Come have a look around.

BTWN is a place for things worth thinking about. The things we’re reading, noticing, questioning, making, and occasionally arguing with.

No answers promised. Come have a look around.

Short reflections, fragments, questions, and observations from daily life in the middle.

Longer explorations of ideas that won't leave us alone.

Experiments, creative work, future books, podcasts, products, and things being built in public.

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Essays, field notes, and reflections on work, identity, grief, reinvention, and learning.