On 8/19/26
Daily Letter
Inspiration & Quotes × People & Society
Shitty food makes the difference on sleep inertia
There’s also another possibility: you’re describing sleep inertia. Normally yours sounds extremely low—you wake and immediately move. If something causes even modestly poorer sleep or causes you to wake from a deeper sleep stage, suddenly you’ll experience that “gravity” that other people commonly have in the morning. That doesn’t necessarily mean your actual energy reserves are low.
Inspiration & Quotes
Just a lil off kilter
Action is a lack of balance. In order to act you must be somewhat insane. A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.
You cannot fake the light in your eyes
In esoteric traditions, "depth in the eyes" is often treated as a sign that there is something behind the surface personality - a sense of inner life, consciousness, or presence that seems to look back at you.
Public · Design & Objects
Thank you for your attention to this matter el Sid, appreciate it
Alignment is crucial
Olive oil is way too expensive, I know I can’t say why
“My new old chair”
Misc
In Dostoevsky’s novel “The Possessed,” it was the sons of rich boomers who were the most in love with socialism. Not the poor. The more things change, the more things stay the same
Interesting
https://open.substack.com/pub/worksinprogress/p/daycare-barely-matters?r=36pad&utm_medium=ios