Firstly: Jouissance Parfums published an excerpt of the short story I wrote for their series, along with the accompanying illustration from the booklet. I’m working on a couple more pieces that should be out soon. I also have a novel out this fall (!). Message me if you want a galley for review.
And now: Everyone is talking about the economy; a tiny subset of content readers are talking about “lifestyle creep” and “abundance” and “boom boom” (which, you guys, is not a thing—you’re still talking about profits at Hermès and Brioni and Cuccinelli and the Row: the original “quiet luxury” set of status-signifiers).
The scramble to name a moment of uncertainty (an image of crypto wealth transposed over mass government layoffs, deportations, and AI takeovers—a fool’s gold rush) is all pretty disorienting, and becomes more so when you understand that everything being said is a bid for a brand deal or consulting opportunity and therefore rendered inauthentic.
Meanwhile it’s tax season and I’m reminded of my own long-standing habits of not spending on anything really other than nice restaurants and movies, so my expenses never quite put a dent into what I owe like I expect they will, which is absurd because as a writer who works from home, just about everything might be counted as a resource.
Many of you have the opposite problem. I’ve been to your homes and it’s obvious. Not that anyone asked, but I believe it may be useful to know the ways that, over years of living frugally in New York City, I have yet to go completely broke.
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