Clarity doesn't arrive all at once. It compounds.

You read something that shifts your perspective by one degree. A month later, another insight builds on that shift. Six months after that, you look back and realize you think entirely differently about work, relationships, faith, or how you spend your time.

This is the principle behind everything I write here: clarity compounded.

The Math of Understanding

Compound interest works because small gains multiply over time. A 1% improvement doesn't feel like much on day one. But 1% better every day for a year means you end up 37 times better than when you started.

The same math applies to understanding. One essay that makes you reconsider how you think about loneliness doesn't fix loneliness. But it plants a seed. You notice patterns you didn't see before. You make different choices. Those choices lead to new experiences. Those experiences deepen your understanding.

Six months later, you're living differently. Not because of one insight, but because insights accumulated.

What This Blog Is

This is a place for ideas that compound.

I write about the things I'm thinking through: how we connect with each other, what makes work meaningful, why we optimize ourselves into isolation, how faith shapes the way we see the world. I write about data and culture and the small decisions that add up to the life you're living.

I don't write to convince you of anything. I write to offer clarity. What you do with it is up to you.

Why "Compounded"

Because the goal isn't one viral essay that changes your life. The goal is a collection of ideas that, over time, help you see more clearly.

You might read something here that doesn't land today. But three months from now, when you're facing a decision or noticing a pattern in your own life, that idea might resurface. It compounds with something else you read, something you experienced, something you already knew but hadn't quite articulated.

That's when clarity happens. Not in the moment of reading, but in the accumulation of moments after.

What to Expect

I'll write about what I'm reading, what I'm noticing, and what the data says about how we're living. I'll cite sources. I'll avoid moralizing. I'll try to leave you with agency, not anxiety.

Some posts will be long. Some will be short. All of them will aim for the same thing: one more degree of clarity.

Read what resonates. Skip what doesn't. Come back when you're ready.

Clarity compounds. Let's see what builds.