I'm Edward.I'm running a year like I mean it.

I live on Bainbridge Island. Day 14 of an experiment I'm calling A Year Well Lived.

The rules are loose on purpose. Analog first. No wasted time. Mostly offline. Mostly outdoors. The question underneath it all: what actually happens when you live a year like you mean it?

I don't know yet. That's the point.

I'm documenting what I find here in a newsletter called Field Notes. Some issues are short, some are longer, and it goes out most weeks.

What unworking means

The broader frame for all of this is what I've been calling unworking: the practice of building a solo business that needs less of you over time. I run a consulting practice called Dock90 separately, and Signal & Space is where I think out loud about the rest of it. Work, attention, the quiet parts of a life. Not working less for its own sake, but building something that doesn't require all of you to keep running.

I'm a believer in the philosophy of enough. Enough hours. Enough revenue. Enough growth. I haven't figured out exactly where those lines are for me yet. That's part of what this year is for.

If you want to follow along

If any of that sounds like the thing you're also trying to figure out, the newsletter is the best way to follow along. If you want to say hello, send me an email to hello@signalandspace.com.