things I want to help build

The following are efforts I hope to contribute to over the following decades. If you’re researching, building, or excited about any of these – let’s chat!

  1. combining journaling + therapy Therapy needs to be more scalable. While it can achieve amazing things, its current form generally requires money and is subject to severe 1:1 time constraints. Talk therapy is also limited to the verbal communication channel. Journaling is an excellent form of self-therapy; and happens to be completely free & accessible to anyone.
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25 birthday thoughts

Socorro, NM It’s my birthday again. My second as a nomad and my first in a relationship. Some reflections on life, inspired by this past year of adventuring across the continent. Some are new learnings; others are re-discovering consistencies in life. Grateful to everyone in my life who made the past year a beautiful one and looking forward to the next one. Also very excited about no more young driver’s fee on my rentals.
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push & pull, online & off, cities and sand

These are my semi-regular Patch Notes – updates on my life and things I’m learning and exploring. Subscribe here. In this release: 31 days in Huatulco, Oaxaca cities are chapters 28 nights later driving around where to next? cities vs beaches photos and assorted memories meta on a hike in Tepoztlán Hello friends. Glad to be writing and thanks for reading. The past few months have been a lot - I’ve found some new edges to my map.
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internet identity and the permanence of words

These are my semi-regular Patch Notes – updates on my life and things I’m learning and exploring. Subscribe here. In this release: next steps, 2021 update my fractured online identity road tripping through the southwest Canyonlands National Park, UT After three thousand miles of driving and a dozen sleeping arrangements I just want to plant a garden and lie in a hammock with a book. It’s been amazing but I’m ready to settle down somewhere for a bit.
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Year in Review: 2020

Dry Creek, Roseville, CA. My secluded hammock spot. My year didn’t go to plan, but then again – nobody’s did. Terrible things happened, beautiful things happened. I’m very happy with where I am and grateful for those who made it possible. I’ve done my best to make time & place the central thread, but in a parallel universe I wrote this post around words & people and it makes just as much sense.
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the search for home

These are my semi-regular Patch Notes – a braindump of things I’m leaning, building, or thinking about. Subscribe here. In this release: I drove to Austin, TX Where is home? three habits for happiness Interhackt is wrapping up jborichevskiy.com is now jon.bo It’s been a while since my last post and longer still since my last patch notes. It’s been a fascinating few weeks but full of time for writing it was not.
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24 Birthday Thoughts

This world is far more beautiful and interconnected than my 16 or 20 year old self could have ever imagined. Here are a few things I’ve noticed over the years. I trust they will hold through the decades. Love 1. It all begins with and depends on and ends with love. 2. Self-love makes it possible to love others. It should always take priority. 3. Safety and acceptance are the most beautiful things one can give and be lucky enough to experience.
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Sunsets, writing, and noise

These are my semi-regular Patch Notes – a braindump of things I’m leaning, building, or thinking about. Subscribe here. In this release: We’re settled into San Diego and are loving it How can we get this for 10x cheaper? On planes and noise pollution Patch Notes: six months in Other miscellaneous updates Sunset Cliffs, Point Loma, CA We’re settled into San Diego and are loving it The past four weeks have been nothing short of bliss.
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Spreadsheets, smoke, and leases

This is an installment of my semi-regular Patch Notes – a braindump of things I’m leaning, building, or thinking about. Subscribe here. In this release: I’m moving to San Diego! housing & lease agreements spreadsheets are hard and software is trash I re-installed MacOS and it was an ordeal Various other updates: cozyroom, this site, twitter Steps on a path ‎⁨Tahoe National Forest⁩, ⁨Truckee⁩, ⁨CA. Smoke's not been good. I’m moving to San Diego!
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I need to watch more sunsets

These are my weekly Patch Notes – a log of the mental model updates I’m making and a braindump of things I’m leaning, building, or thinking about. Subscribe on Substack here. In this release: Patch notes, blog posts, digital gardens, and life Commuting, travel, and carbon costs Hammocks, hikes, and sunsets I want to live in nature… Mount Judah Loop Trail near Truckee, CA Patch notes, blog posts, digital gardens, and life I was hoping to have this post published… checks calendar … three weeks ago.
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