Name it.
Tame it.com
This is a home for one old, simple way of seeing hard times. Essays, true stories, events and small tools, with a book on the way.
Life has shown me all of it. Sadness with no clear cause. A body that let me down. Relationships that weren't what I hoped. Work that feels less certain as AI arrives. And the quiet question: is a roof and bread enough, or is it never enough?
For years I looked for tools. Not to escape hard times, but to stop making them bigger than they are.
The idea is simple.
Name it: what am I feeling right now?
Tame it: what is really happening, and what is one sensible next step?
Then act, instead of spiralling.
Journal
- What "name it, tame it" is, and why it was never newName it, tame it is not a new idea. From Marcus Aurelius, Genesis and Rumi to Dewey and Wittgenstein: why naming a hard thing gives it edges.Read the essay →
- Laces Tied in the Age of AIWhat a seventeen-year-old in a labour camp taught me about losing my place in the world.Read the essay →
- The Eight Forms of Capital, RevisitedEight kinds of wealth we never counted, and which of them change when the ground shifts.Read the essay →
The book
The book · Coming in 2027
Name the F, Tame the F
A book about staying functional when life gets hard. I’m writing it now and sharing the journey here.