markets ± design

A very belated New Year post

As I round the bend in my second year of grad school, I feel an ever-increasing weight on how I spend my time. Increasingly, it feels like doing something is a kind of self-definition. Describing myself as studying political economy, or behavioral-political economy, or history-and-political economy feels like a more deliberate choice associated with different potential futures. Reading a book no longer feels just for fun; it’s also to be used in writing some future paper or as a spark of an idea. In a way, when all my time is free time, all my time is also work. Hardly an original thought,…

saved by

• Lia

related reading

• choosing - by vincent huang - a slice of my mindmindslice.substack.com
• 🌻 same old - by Jasmine Sun - @jasmine’s substackjasmine.substack.com
• Conviction is the Scarcest Resource: Dialogues About Convictionblog.aayushg.com
• Post 38: On Slack - Having room to be excited - Neel Nandaneelnanda.io
• Productivity advice | Zhengdongzhengdongwang.com
• lingering - by Elaine - manners & mysteryelainewrites.substack.com
• i need more rest [everything i did in 2025] – ava's blogblog.avas.space
• I want to do everything, so I do nothingluisaallovertheplace.substack.com
• Devote Yourself to the Cause of Your Lifeevery.to
• Think more about what to focus onsubstack.com
• Four Thousand Weeks - by Oliver Burkeman | Derek Siverssive.rs
• 🌻 audience of onejasmine.substack.com