A newsletter, roughly every other Sunday
Notes on working slowly, in public.
Low Tide is where I write down what I actually noticed that week — not advice, not a framework, just the thing that was still bothering me by Sunday.
Recent essays
October 1
The difference between finished and done
A cabinet I built badly on purpose, and what it taught me about shipping things I'm still a little embarrassed by.
September 17
Why I stopped keeping a reading list
The list was accurate. It was also making me read like I was clearing a queue instead of reading a book.
September 3
A week of answering slower
I gave myself a full day before replying to anything that wasn't urgent. Almost nothing was urgent.
About
I'm Marta — I split time between a small workshop and a laptop, and this newsletter is the overlap between the two. No sponsors, no upsell, just the Sunday note.
— M.