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Less is More

What I'm learning about constraints

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Matt Malcom
Jul 12, 2026
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Good morning, philosophers.

There’s a version of me that doesn’t exist yet, but I keep building my week for him anyway. He commutes fourteen hours and works fifty without losing an ounce of himself to it. He trains, writes his newsletter, shows up fully in his marriage and as a father, and still has room left for the friend who needs him at nine on a Tue…

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