April, 2026

I had hoped and expected that the chaos which had marked the start of the year — floors, termites, sickness, fires, ACL surgery — was largely behind us, and that I would be freed to find some sort of rhythm or backbeat with which to tether a new normalcy. And of course, this has not been the case, though for more pleasant reasons than previously: three semi-impromptu trips (all good); lots of corgi rehab (all successful); lots of sleep regression (some in the rear-view). But I was still able to do a handful of important things, like start this year's spring garden and write an overdue post on having spent four years working full-time on Buttondown. That post was titled, somewhat against my better judgment, in writing. Four years is a long time for any one thing to remain interesting, and I find myself surprised, again and again, that this one continues to be — partially due to boredom and partially due to the mechanics of RSU vesting around this time at Amazon and Stripe, and I do not…