February 27, 2026

So I was diagnosed with ASD, and I’m processing that. I have a lot of thoughts and feelings, mostly good/curious. I don’t feel like there’s anything wrong with me, which someone expressed they did feel when they got diagnosed. That’s all I need to say for now.

Well, no: one more thing. One big thing it’s helped reframe is the part of entrepreneurialism that I’ve always been bad at, which is identifying a problem that other people have that I can solve. This is the start of any business idea, and I know now that I’m simply not skilled at putting myself in other people’s shoes, and that I don’t want to put extra effort into trying to get good at it. I need a partner.

Lots of business the past month, some good conversations. Hard to say where I’m at in the midst of all of the sound and change. Will keep going, keep growing. Not stuck.

Looking forward to seeing what happens in the next month.

January 27, 2026

This page was getting so long it was affecting performance, so I copied all earlier content here.

It’s been a wonderful year so far. Lots of time to play games, relaxing into parenthood while simultaneously recognizing that it is, in fact, getting easier. The kids are more capable and easier to handle alone, even while weathering the 2-year-old’s increasingly emotional outbursts.

As a notable example, I did an intake today for an autism screening. My previous interview for this was 13 months ago, and my satisfaction with life is obviously much higher than it was then. We revisited some of the things I talked about back then, and curiosity about the causes of my dissatisfaction seem to have been a big driver of those interviews. So it was encouraging to see how much I’ve grown and adapted to life as a parent in the past 13 months. I hope that continues. My biggest fear over the past few years has been that it wouldn’t.