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My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

Mar 26, 2026

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10 min read

My Fantasy Novel is Bad and It's My Fault

On the Halo Effect, Dunning-Kruger, and giving your creativity table scraps and wondering why it's not growing.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach
Analog Dictionaries Still Kick You Know What

Mar 19, 2026

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12 min read

Analog Dictionaries Still Kick You Know What

On Old English, pretentious inside jokes, and the vasty underrated and rewarding experience of looking up words in a nice, hard cover dictionary.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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Taste Cannot Be Mindless

Mar 12, 2026

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4 min read

Taste Cannot Be Mindless

Which makes it the most interesting weapon against scrolling I've found lately.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Blog Post

The Case for Having Taste

Mar 12, 2026

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15 min read

The Case for Having Taste

What Fran Lebowitz understood about audiences, what algorithms are doing to them, and why developing a genuinely discerning eye might be the most consequential thing you can do right now.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

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The Comfort of Competence

Mar 5, 2026

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9 min read

The Comfort of Competence

On retreating to what you're good at when everything else falls apart

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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I Want to Read More. So, Why Am I Sitting Here on Instagram?

Feb 26, 2026

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9 min read

I Want to Read More. So, Why Am I Sitting Here on Instagram?

Willpower, weed gummies, and the war for my mornings.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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The Rest Paradox: Why Scrolling Doesn't Restore You

Feb 19, 2026

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9 min read

The Rest Paradox: Why Scrolling Doesn't Restore You

Why your weekends feel wasted and what to do about it

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Blog Post

Is Willpower a Finite Resource? The Science Behind Why Your Morning Habits Keep Failing

Feb 16, 2026

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15 min read

Is Willpower a Finite Resource? The Science Behind Why Your Morning Habits Keep Failing

The debate over ego depletion has consumed psychology for decades. But both sides may be missing a third factor that explains why your best intentions collapse before breakfast.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach

Distraction

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The Silence We've Lost: How Constant Audio Consumption Is Rewiring Our Brains

Feb 16, 2026

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12 min read

The Silence We've Lost: How Constant Audio Consumption Is Rewiring Our Brains

From podcasts while walking to music while showering, we've turned silence into something to avoid. The neuroscience suggests we're paying a steeper price than we realize.

Blake Reichenbach
Blake Reichenbach
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Witty, irreverent writing about escaping digital exhaustion. For creatives who want to stop scrolling and start reading and making things again.

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