Same Practice, Different Results: Building It Live #7

Six weeks ago, Tom and I started working through the Framework. Most days, we sit down and answer three prompts. Ten or fifteen minutes. Sometimes less. At this point, it’s simply part of the week. We usually do it together. Compare notes. Talk about whatever comes up. Sometimes the conversation lasts a few minutes. Sometimes … Read more

What Surprised Us Most After Three Weeks (Building It Live #5)

Three weeks in. Module 1, Phase 3 — Structure. Days 19–20. Three weeks ago Tom and I sat down at the kitchen table and started the Fully Lived Framework on ourselves. To test it. I’ve been sitting with this material for months — writing it, living adjacent to it, believing in it. But believing in … Read more

Why Can’t I Start? (Even When I Finally Have Time)

Handwritten journal open on a dining table with a full list across life areas — the starting point for getting unstuck

I had days off and a list. Real plans — things I actually wanted to do. I finally had the time. And I still couldn’t start. Why can’t I start when everything is lined up? That’s the question this long weekend answered for me. The list was there. I was there. And somehow the distance … Read more

The Handcrafted Newsletter – May 2026

The May Record — Handcrafted Adventure Volume 05 · The May Record The May Record:The Month Direction Got Specific May was the month direction got specific. May wasn’t a month about starting over. It was a month about finally getting honest. Honest about the gap between what the calendar shows and what actually matters. Honest … Read more

The Hardest Part Was Being Honest (Building It Live #4)

Three weeks in. Module 1, Phase 3 — Structure. Almost done with week 3. Three weeks ago Tom and I sat down at the kitchen table and started the Fully Lived Framework on ourselves. Not to test it. Not to generate content. Because it was time. We’re three weeks in — we’ll finish week 3 … Read more

The Life You’re Postponing Is the Only One You Have

Morning coffee on the porch — the life you're postponing is already this good.

There’s a version of your life you keep meaning to get to. The life you’re postponing isn’t a dramatic one. Not a fantasy. Just the version where you actually do the things you say matter — where you’re present at dinner instead of half-thinking about the week ahead, where Saturday morning doesn’t disappear into logistics, … Read more

How to Find Your Heading (Building It Live #3)

I want to tell you something about the heading exercise that I didn’t expect. I thought it would feel clarifying. Like the moment you finally name something that’s been circling, and suddenly the room gets clearer. That’s the version I had in my head going in — a small revelation, a sentence I’d write down … Read more

The Small Decisions That Make a Week Feel Like Yours (Building It Live #2)

Raised garden beds — the satisfying work that actually got done this week.

Day 8. Module 1, Phase 2 — Ownership. Week two of the solo run. This is part of Building It Live — a weekly dispatch from inside the Fully Lived Framework as we run it on ourselves before the September beta. Start from the beginning here. The question the workbook kept circling back to this … Read more

We Weren’t Really Lost. But We Weren’t Quite Found Either. (Building It Live #1)

The Fully Lived Framework

Day 1. Module 1, Phase 1 — Awareness. We opened the workbook last night at the kitchen table and began. Not planning to start. Not talking about starting. Actually opening the pages and doing Day 1. The workbook has been sitting on the desk for a week. I’ve been building the Fully Lived Framework for … Read more

The Handcrafted Newsletter – April 2026

Penguins at the St. Louis Zoo, visiting your city like a tourist

The April Record — Handcrafted Adventure Volume 04 · The April Record Already Enough You don’t need a different life. You need to use the one you have. April kept returning to the same quiet observation: the life you’re waiting to live is mostly already here. Not a better version. Not the one after the … Read more