Nothing to Write About
An anniversary post, naturally
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Full Dose
On generosity as identity, the pattern it builds over time, and being the emergency contact friend.
Nobody Here Knows Me Yet
On the strange freedom of a city that hasn't heard of you yet.
How Belonging Finds You
On being the wrong fan in the right moment — and what sports actually does for people who need it to mean something.
I moved. I changed.
I'm back and I have a lot to tell you - starting with my jaw.
The In-Between Month
September carries a strange gravity. It is the month where sunlight lingers and shadows sharpen, where nostalgia rubs up against urgency.
A detour into after
Everyone has their version of this story. Here's mine.
On The Same Team: Marriage Three Years In
Beyond contracts and ceremonies, marriage is really a practice of presence: two people showing up again and again, still themselves, but better together.
Small joys in a city under watch
Finding softness in DC, even when power tries to harden it.
Professional style, in theory
What getting dressed taught me about presence, alignment, and choosing how I want to be understood.
Soft nostalgia: the summers we edit
A reflection on memory, and why summer makes us long for versions of ourselves that never really existed the way we remember them.
Staying human in an age of information overload
On media literacy, misinformation, and watching comprehension slip.
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The Future is Out of Office
I used to dream of the job. The title. The proof. Now I dream of time—of walking without purpose, thinking without output, and showing up without a pitch. This is a meditation on what happens when we stop letting our work narrate who we are.
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What Survives the Myth of American Exceptionalism
A personal essay unpacking the myth of American exceptionalism, national identity, and cultural critique—exploring what remains when the American Dream fades: disillusionment, political grief, and the work of staying engaged.
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This is me trying
A communicator's confession: on language, misfires, and the performance of clarity.
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A letter on writing
This is the first newsletter from Soft Cuts, and it begins with why I write at all.
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Welcome to Soft Cuts
A gentle entry point into ideas, images, and in-betweens — where every edition takes its own shape.