The Quiet Bravery of Average.

Happy Sunday, friends.

I hope today gave you a pocket of rest, maybe a slower morning, a quieter afternoon, or even just five minutes where your brain wasn’t trying to solve twelve problems at once.

It’s Day 9 of The Stack, and if you’ve been reading along with me, I hope you’ve felt healthily challenged. I definitely have.

Nine days in, I’ve noticed some patterns:

• how quickly I want to overthink,

• how loud the “this isn’t good enough yet” voice can be,

• and how much clarity shows up when I hit publish anyway.

I’m oddly excited for the next week. Not because I’ve cracked it, but because I’m seeing what happens when I keep turning up, even when I don’t feel particularly shiny.

Which brings me to today.