in 2025, when consumption is frictionless, we get too much of our fulfillment from consuming.

binging tv shows you've watched dozens of times.

earbuds in wherever you go.

don't you feel the emptiness? the longing for something more?

constantly looking for a portal to another world, anything but the present moment.

be here now, be here fully.

a challenge to the reader - next time you eat dinner, resist the urge to pull out your phone. just eat, nothing else.

presence is the most powerful alpha of all. and yet no one speaks of it. it brings creativity, agency, and a desire for something more.

maybe you will write, maybe you will garden, maybe you will build.

find more in life other than a constant stream of content.