On buying my own domain.

Today, I finally figured out why I don’t like LinkedIn.

I deactivated mine over a year ago and have spent the last year explaining to people why I don’t have one. “It’s overwhelming,” “it feels performative,” “I’m divesting from large social media platforms”—all things that are partially true, but never quite hit the mark in totality.

But today, I figured it out.

There is a version of LinkedIn that I like and understand. The one where I can easily stay connected to people I’ve met at conferences, community meetings, through volunteering, or at a bar on a Wednesday night who have said, “We should stay in touch!”

Realizing that not having LinkedIn sounds vaguely suspicious in 2026, I decided it was time to re-enter digital, professional society. There has also been such an onslaught of good news in my life lately that I felt like maybe I should share it.

But the second I logged back in, I remembered why I left.

It felt noisy.

Not bad. Not evil. Just... noisy.

Everyone is talking at once. Everyone is announcing something, sharing something, performing something. A job gets posted and immediately the comments fill with people explaining why they are the perfect fit. People react to posts, add each other, see who works where, send congratulations, but somewhere in the middle of it all I find myself wondering if anyone is actually listening.

I understand it all. We live in a world that celebrates achievements. We are all trying to share, be celebrated, and get a bigger check. But after a while it can start to feel less like connection and more like everyone standing in a crowded room speaking just a little too loudly. At one another. All at the same time.

And I realized that I don’t want to add to the noise.

What good is it to share things just to have 30 or 40 people react without real engagement?

I wanted a quieter room.

A place where I could share things in a way that feels more honest. Where I can share about work and life and the strange, specific things I have been thinking about lately. And where the people who really want to be here might pop in, stay awhile, and engage.

This page is for that.

It is for the people who want to know what I am working on, yes, but also what I am wondering about. And above all else, truth be told, it’s for me.

It feels less like standing in a crowded room and more like inviting someone into my living room. Or, if I’m being honest, into My Space. (Shout out to Tom.)

Maybe one day I will become the kind of person who posts on LinkedIn with ease.

But for now, I made this.

And it feels much more like me.