12/27/2025
Last week, I opened a cabinet I’ve opened a thousand times. Same shelf. Same jars. Same reach. And still—something fell out. A jar tilted, rolled on its edge as I probably closed the door onto it last time.
Domesticity is like that. A small infrastructure we reliably lean on to do our bigger things outside it.
This issue is for the practical, the intentional, as Moira Davies starts us where real life actually happens: the pantry. Not a Pinterest performance, but a daily scheme that protects attention and makes cooking feel easier. A good pantry stores bandwidth.
Carlotta Parker takes you behind the scenes into something I’m quietly proud of, as the long bridge I’ve crossed over the years finally becomes visible: from early neuroscience-informed architecture work in the 90s, when it did not even have a name, to positive psychology, to Harvard sleep specialization, to the space and tools I’ve built in preventive health to help others—that feels like the real success.
And if you’re traveling any time soon, Giuseppina does what she does best: she takes you to Paris, but not the loud Paris—the version you meet when you move along with others to see the sites and check your lists; one that slows you down to fewer things, and makes the city bond with you.
Happy read!
