Notes from the Middle

Issue No. 14

The Winter Olympics are on in Milano. The camera keeps cutting to the faces before the start. But I find myself less interested in the medal table and more interested...

Issue No. 13

My algorithm has decided we are galloping directly into the Year of the Fire Horse. Bold exits. Unapologetic ambition. The Fire Horse does not dabble. She charges. The question is...

Issue No. 12

I have been an optimizer since long before I ever knew there was a word for it. For a long time, I thought it was about efficiency. About not wasting...

Issue No. 11

Some decades felt roomy. Almost indulgent in their length. Others disappeared while we were standing inside them. Neuroscience has an explanation, and the biggest variable isn't age.

Issue No. 10

A quiet, slightly academic word kept surfacing in my conversations this week. Not a glamorous word. Not one that trends on Instagram. But the one I most hope my kids...

Issue No. 09

When I look back at the elementary school years, my nostalgia isn't really about youth or chaos or even my kids being little. It's about purpose. About being needed. About...