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Oct 2026

03Wise

The question underneath this section is what am I still wrong about, and it has never once had a tidy answer.

  1. Stoicism Four tools from a two-thousand-year-old toolbox, and how I actually use them.
  2. AI design taste Pinterest for the eye, Claude for the thinking, Canva and Figma for the testing, Higgsfield for the pictures. How I stop AI handing me the same purple website as everybody else.
  3. Learning Arabic I have learned languages before and enjoyed the process. This one, however, broke my confidence in a way nothing else has.
  4. Learning about AI Learning AI in middle age — from writing wishes to writing context.
  5. Growth mindset The complaint reflex costs you the first minute. The competence reflex costs you the new sector. Kill both.

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A letter, most Sundays

What I tried during the week, what it cost me, and whether it turned out to be worth doing. Usually a page. Occasionally two.