ADHD
The budget that survives a Tuesday
Most money advice assumes you are going to wake up consistent. I am more interested in what still works when the week gets weird.
The notebook
Notes, drafts, and things I keep coming back to.
This is the messy part of the site: one general spot for money thoughts, music thoughts, family thoughts, and anything interesting I come across. Tags just help sort it later.
ADHD
Automating the decision, not the discipline
Why “just try harder” is usually terrible advice, and why I like systems that remove decisions from the heat of the moment.
ADHD
The shame tax
Unopened statements, dodged emails, vague dread. A note on the cost of avoiding money stuff, and how to come back without spiraling.
Military / Veterans
Starting over without losing the thread
What military moves and transitions can teach about money, home, and rebuilding routines without pretending it is easy.
Military / Veterans
The first budget after the uniform
Transition is not just paperwork. It is also income changes, benefit choices, missing structure, and the question of what a normal week is supposed to cost.
Military / Veterans
Benefits are personal before they are paperwork
A note on the money decisions that show up around service, family, time away, transition, and trying to make the most of what is available.
Music
Why I still buy the whole album
A probably-too-serious defense of listening all the way through, and why that feels connected to attention everywhere else.
Music
Side B is where the truth lives
The obvious songs are usually on side A. The ones that sneak up on you are somewhere else. I love that.
Music
A playlist for paying bills
Half joking, fully serious: some money chores need a soundtrack if they are ever going to get done.
Personal
Saturday mornings, slow on purpose
A note on family, hobbies, and protecting time that does not need to be optimized to be worth something.
Personal
The hobby that refuses to be productive
In praise of doing something badly, for no reason, simply because it is yours.
Personal
Finding common ground
The note that named the whole project. I keep finding that people have more overlap than they think.
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