A free subscription gets you a weekly glimpse into my world…
but by the time you’re done reading,
what you thought was a window starts to look an awful lot like a mirror.
Here’s what actually happens when you read this.
You show up for a story about a yacht chef who sold everything and moved to Nicaragua. Or a guy who got diagnosed as neurodivergent at 53. Or a husband trying to figure out what home means when home keeps changing.
And somewhere in the middle of it, you forget it’s about me.
I write about my life because it’s the only one I know. It’s the only thing I can say I’m truly an expert on.
The specifics, the billionaires, the farm, the boat, those are just the window. What’s on the other side of it is something you recognize.
It might be a feeling you’ve had, or something you know about yourself, but not ready to say it out loud.
That’s what you’re here for. And that’s what I’m going to do my best to give you.
Here is my promise.
One essay a week. No life hacks. No ten-step morning routines from someone who acts like they’ve never had a bad day.
Just stories. True ones, told from the inside out.
Every essay comes with an audio commentary. A produced discussion of the story, for the days when listening feels easier than reading.
If you can’t wait till next week, you can start with these:
Saying Goodbye to My KitchenAid - What ADHD and a stand mixer have in common. More than you’d think.
You Believed Every Word - Making peace with an inner critic who refuses to shut up.
The Other Side of the Door - The habit of rejecting people before they can reject you. And it’s exhausting.
This is Ungarnished.
If you have ADHD, or you love someone who does, there’s a separate publication called Bearings. I take things I wrote from experience and ask what’s actually happening underneath. I’m not the expert. Just the guy who lived it and got curious about why. You can subscribe anytime.
