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Reflections

Burnout, rest, direction and the personal side of building things. 4 articles.

  1. When doing nothing starts to feel wrong.After years of turning pressure into action, I wonder if my trouble enjoying games and doing nothing is part of burnout, or a deeper dependence on being useful.Reflections11 Aug 202610 min read
  2. What's next?Well, that was the start to the definitive decade... pretty much a waste of an invaluable chance so far, wouldn't you say?ReflectionsStartups09 Nov 20215 min read
  3. Burnout; let's talk about it.2020 was the wildest, most productive, most humbling year of my life to date. I completely burned out, and it sucked. Let's talk about it.ReflectionsStartups19 Oct 20214 min read
  4. A better, brighter, cleaner future.A reflection on aligning everyday financial choices with personal values, retained with current links for independently comparing Australian super funds.ReflectionsMoney23 Dec 20203 min read

Related work

Case studies where these ideas were put into practice.

  1. Helping GroupA social-impact organisation born during Australia's Black Summer, creating practical digital services that help communities respond, connect, and recover together.CASE STUDY
  2. Communiti LabsA founder retrospective on turning fragmented community feedback into defensible evidence—and learning why meaningful product impact did not sustain the company.CASE STUDY