Four books this month, and I didn’t set out to pick a theme. Somewhere around the third one, I realized they were all pushing against the same idea: that you’re supposed to know exactly where you’re going before you start. I’ve spent enough of my life thinking I needed to figure things out first. These … Read more
Looking back, July felt like a month of doing things a little afraid, a little unprepared, and going anyway. We took our first Amtrak trip and weren’t sure how any of it would go.Tom sent a message to a band we’ve loved for years and didn’t expect anything back.I wrote about two of the hardest … Read more
Here’s what we’re reading in July 2026 — and I’ll be honest, I didn’t notice these four had anything in common until I’d finished all of them. They all ended up pushing me in the same direction. Die With Zero — Bill Perkins I almost skipped this one because I assumed it was mostly about … Read more
May feels like the right month to talk about what’s been on the nightstand — and these four books for midlife readers landed at exactly the right time. Not because I have a reading program or a books-per-month goal. Just because these four have been sitting with me lately and each one hit differently — … Read more
This March reading list is built for a very specific moment in the year. March is a strange month. You’re not in winter survival mode anymore — but you’re not at full momentum either. The days get longer.Your body starts asking to move again.But pushing too hard too fast is usually what burns people out. … Read more