Goals for 2026 & Defensive Book Quoting

This year I'm setting reading and book goals while trying to stay out of the performance trap.

The Grace of Reading for Transformation, Not Consumption

Reading doesn’t need to be optimized. An essay on escaping reading-as-productivity and rediscovering reading as transformation, not consumption.

Reflections on Convenience Store Woman

My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.

Reflections on John of John

My reading notes from this book, gathered across several encounters—ideas that resonated, arguments that stayed with me, moments worth returning to.

Reflections on When You Are Engulfed in Flames

Reading notes and reflections gathered across multiple encounters with this book, focusing on moments that resonated rather than plot summary.