STATE 01 / CURRENT CHAPTER
North
Carolina
I arrived with groceries, two cameras, an unfinished website, and no idea which ordinary detail would become the chapter.
- DATES
- Aug 23—Sep 19, 2026
- CITIES
- Raleigh · Durham · Apex
- DAYS
- In progress
- MILES
- Ledger open
- WHERE I STAYED
- Housesit · broad location only
- CURRENT BOOK
- Atomic Habits
YOU ARE HERERaleigh, North CarolinaChapter 01 · Aug 23—Sep 19
OPEN MAP ↗RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEPLAY THE ROOM — RALEIGH, 7:14 AMFIELD RECORDING WILL LIVE HERE
THE STATE BUCKET LIST
A notebook locals can still change.
WHAT CAN’T I LEAVE WITHOUT DOING? ↗
ONE ARTIST IN EVERY STATE
What can we make for each other?
The first North Carolina collaboration has not happened yet. The open search is for an artist, maker, cook, musician, craftsperson, farmer, dancer, stylist, or niche expert who wants to exchange worlds—not ask for free labor.
NOMINATE YOURSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE →THE ROAD LIBRARY / CURRENT
Atomic Habits
Raleigh, North CarolinaFound during the first Raleigh stay, while the road stopped feeling like an idea and started requiring ordinary systems.
OPEN THE WHOLE LIBRARY ↗FOUND ON A SHELFATOMIC
HABITSBOOK 02 · RALEIGH
HABITSBOOK 02 · RALEIGH
WHERE I WENT / WHAT I DID / WHAT I ATE
Not reviews. Evidence of being here.
Filter the chapter without leaving it.WHAT I DID / FIRST
I took the Metro alone.
A small first that felt larger before it happened. I got on, figured it out, and then it was simply how I moved through the city.
THIS BEGAN HEREWashington, DC
PLAYFIELD RECORDINGS — STEAD PARK + FOUNDRYTwo original recordings preserved
WHERE I WENT / ORDINARY PLACE
The table I worked from for four hours.
Not a review. Not a recommendation. Just the place where the project became emails, edits, cold coffee, and a decision about where to go next.
I WORKED HERERaleigh, North Carolina
RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEPLAY THE ROOM — RALEIGH, LATE MORNINGField recording will live here
WHAT I ATE / IN TRANSIT
Ate this in the car.
The receipt is gone. The exact order is not important enough to reconstruct. What remains is the first meal between chapters.
BETWEEN CHAPTERSBetween Washington and Raleigh
RECORDING NOT YET AVAILABLEROAD SOUND — SOUTHBOUNDFilm and sound fragment not yet processed
THING I ALMOST DIDN’T DO / 001
I almost didn’t walk in alone.
Before: I thought I would look like I did not belong. After: I went in. It was fine. That is the whole lesson, if there is one.
I ALMOST TURNED AROUND HEREWashington, DC
THINGS I ALMOST DIDN’T DO
Fear gets a before and an after.
I thought I would look like I did not belong.
I went in. It was fine. Nothing transformed. I was still glad I did it.
HOW THIS CHAPTER ACTUALLY WORKS
The ledger waits for real receipts.
DAYSIN PROGRESS
HOUSINGHOUSESIT
MILES—
GAS—
GROCERIES—
CHAPTER COST—
No invented totals. No financial advice. The completed ledger publishes after the chapter closes.