I’m taking a break. After two and a half good years at XUND, I said goodbye to the place at the end of February.
Since then, I’ve been to a minipainting competition in the UK, started preparing for another taking place in July, resumed work on my languishing manuscript, and recorded the first three episodes of a new podcast. (No, it’s not Második Hallásra. I’m sorry. But also no, that series is still not dead. You might look forward to something this year on that front, but no promises.)
I also spent time with friends and my very cool wife, lifted increasingly heavier weights, read good books and comics, and watched excellent movies and shows. (I particularly recommend Shrinking if you haven’t seen it.)
Summer’s now here. I’ve been to one wonderful wedding already, and two more are coming. Let me tell you, I just love seeing my friends in love.
Life’s good at the moment. I breathe in. Exhale.
I miss the shore. Any shore. One of these mornings, I will take a can of beer to Lake Balaton, sit on a pier, and listen to the waves for a little while while seagulls are bobbing on the water like particularly annoyed buoys. The smell of seaweed and slowly evaporating sunscreen will fill my nostrils.
I’ll stretch contentedly.
And see you in the fall.
Updated June 11th, 2026, from Budapest, Hungary.
P.S. This is a now page, a concept pioneered by Derek Sivers.