Slow thoughts

It’s been a good book year.

However scary the monsters might seem, try to just sit with them. It’ll be all right.

I’m not a religious person but I had a next to spiritual experience the other day.

My dream has come true, only I should have been more careful what I wished for…

Where adults need to protect their fragile zone with headphones, nicotine and seclusion, kids naturally invite whatever the world serves up and use it creatively.

I finally figured out the answer to that question I used to subject innocent job seekers to. It took me three full iterations.

I married into a very Spanish family and had to start from scratch in making sense of a new culture. So I did what I tend to do when faced with the unknown, I turned to literature.

When pivotal events occur in life, you often fail to notice them at the time. When it comes to writing, there has been two such occasions for me.

Productivity is hard. The more you realise what the optimal setup would look like, the further you get from starting to implement it.

I recently passed my 666th consecutive day of studying Japanese. It made me think of Satan.

Every move the bar man man makes while preparing my tea is perfectly measured, it’s like watching a Tai-Chi master.

My taste in books is… eclectic

The fika is a very Swedish phenomenon. Technically just a coffee break, there’s a lot going on under the surface.

You don’t need a great idea to get started, cash is a nice-to-have, and team is *everything*.