Journal
Notes on finding a life that fits
Twelve essays. Each has its own photograph, used once, on its own page.
Two maps on one table
A gift chart and a couples chart are easy to want and easy to get wrong. Consent is the whole craft.
A body in the room
Some callings are proprioceptive. The knowledge lives in timing, grip, and fatigue.
A through-line can stay humble
The paragraph under the map should sound like you on a good day, not like a brand workshop.
How people become who they are
Attachment research and the history of childhood sometimes belong on the same vocational line. The line is a hypothesis.
A fair word on multipotentialites
The name helps some people exhale. The research underneath it is thinner than the talks.
The overlap a résumé flattens
A CV turns a life into a sequence. The interesting part was happening between the lines.
The ground is part of the job
Some work only makes sense in a particular weather. The place is an ingredient, like skill.
Reading your way into a field
A shelf can be an apprenticeship if you let strangers correct it.
Curiosity as a vocational signal
Psychologists split curiosity into wanting to know and enjoying the discovery. Both show up in a working life.
The thing you loved at nine
Childhood interests are clues with a long half-life. They are also allowed to be finished.
Holland’s hexagon, stood slightly off to one side
The RIASEC types are a map of neighboring interests. Most lives stand on a border.
The job between two hobbies
A lot of good work starts where two ordinary interests share a Tuesday.