The journal
Slow essays about doing this work for a living. New ones arrive about once a month.
2026
- October 14, 18 min readFive years of saying yes to the wrong things
What I would tell the version of me with 900 subscribers and a borrowed tripod.
- August 2, 12 min readThe month I stopped checking analytics
Views went down 11%. Sleep went up. A full accounting.
- May 19, 15 min readOn being recognised at the pharmacy
A small essay about an audience that feels like neighbours.
- February 7, 9 min readA tidy desk is not a personality
Why my best videos come from the messy week before.
2025
- November 21, 20 min readWhat a brand deal really costs me in time
Forty hours for one 60-second integration, itemised.
- July 11, 11 min readLeaving Valencia, staying online
Moving cities without losing the thread of the work.
- March 3, 14 min readWhy I returned the camera everyone loved
Honest gear opinions cost me one sponsor and earned me ten readers.