Meet "Little Epic" 🏺

The Jug with a Job to Do

Gm everyone!

It’s really good to be back.

I disappeared for a bit - a few months moving slowly in Oaxaca, following no set plan, and somehow becoming a regular at the children’s library. There is a story there (and I’ll tell it soon), but today I want to start smaller, lighter, more playful.

I’ve been working on a project that runs on two simple beliefs:

1. We shouldn’t have to forget the ideas that inspire us.

2. Those ideas work better when they’re “easy to love.”

That’s the whole thesis. No footnotes.

So instead of explaining anything, I just want to introduce you to something.

Or… someone?

Meet Little Epic.

Who (or what) is he?

He’s the most fun way I could think of turning a very old, very useful idea into a small object you can live with. If you’re new here, feel free to read Ways of Seeing - but you really don’t have to. This is all you need to know…

A long time ago, a clever guy named Epictetus said something like:

“Every situation has two handles -

the one by which it can be carried,

and the other by which it can’t.”

Meaning: The same thing can feel light and workable or heavy and impossible - depending on how we approach it. At its simplest:

Events are neutral.

Our thoughts are not.

Perception changes everything.

Little Epic’s job is to remind you of that - cheerfully and without lecturing. He’s got two handles: one smooth, one spiky. You put him on a desk, a shelf or a counter, and every now and then, when your eyes land on him, he gives you a little nudge:

“Hey - you might have options here.”

That’s it. That’s the magic.

I made just 20, and each comes with companion stickers (same idea, formula style) to tag on notebooks, water bottles, and whatever else travels with you. If you’re feeling it, you can buy one here:

More pieces soon 🤟🏻,

P.S. DM me if you want a specific color ;)