CONVERSATIONS
Long interviews with writers, builders, parents, founders, teachers — anyone who has stopped for a season and thought about their own moving. Mostly recorded. Edited by hand. Read on the train.
CONVERSATION · ISSUE 03
The former CTO of a 600-person company, now running a five-person studio, talks about what the lost decade taught her about the soon-to-be-lost decade — and the unexpected grace of being smaller on purpose.
"The first act is for proving. The second act is for working. Most of us never get there, because we mistake the proving for the work."Read the conversation
CONVERSATION · ISSUE 02
A playwright, eight years sober, three plays into a steady career — on the specific small art of quietly leaving the rooms that no longer fit. He calls it "the gentle exits."
"You can leave a room without breaking anything. Most people never learn that. Most people only know how to slam a door or stay forever."Read the conversation
CONVERSATION · ISSUE 01
A newsletter writer who left a $400k platform job to publish one letter a week, subscriber-paid, ad-free. On what she gave up, what she got, and the curious economics of doing less on purpose.
"The internet is for everyone who wants the loudest. A small newsletter is for everyone who wants the listener. There is a different job."Read the conversation
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