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On focus, decisions, and doing the next thing.

Essays on the craft of choosing what to do next. Finds worth your attention. No schedule, no noise.

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Quick takes
watchJul 7

How Tiimo handles single-task focus

readJul 6

Andy Matuschak's notes are a living system

GuideJun 30

Why a GTD system should start imperfect

OfferJun 30

Founding 100 — lifetime Pro, for the first hundred

Essays
Focus9 min · Jul 4

Why the list is the problem, not the answer

Most todo apps optimize capture. Few optimize the decision. The list grows faster than you can work it, and the app that promised to help becomes the thing you avoid.

Findscurated · weekly-ish
toolJul 5
Markwhen — timelines as markdown→
noteJul 3
"You don't rise to the level of your goals"→
Essayslong-form · monthly
Method6 min · Jun 27

The capture trap

Writing things down feels like progress. It isn't. Capture is free; the decision is what costs. A working triage practice, and why most people skip it.

Attention8 min · Jun 19

Working memory is the real bottleneck

You don't have 97 problems. You have four slots, and 93 things competing for them. What executive-function research says about prioritization, and why a single-task surface is an accessibility feature, not a preference.