Edward McWilliams
@inventreinvent.bsky.social
On Bluesky, you are your own algorithm.
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Every place I’ve lived left a song behind.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
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The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
Every reinvention needed its own soundtrack.
ATN 25, mixtape for nomads and builders.
www.atexasnomad.com
The playlist: songs that got me through.
The issue: Dave Grohl, reinvention, movement, memory.
This week’s ATN is about ghosting from the version of you they liked, and becoming the one they might not.
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
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The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:45 PM
This week’s ATN is about ghosting from the version of you they liked, and becoming the one they might not.
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
The Deep Dive: What happens when you stop asking permission.
The Gear: DJI Osmo 7P, field tested
The Stream/Read: Mel Robbins Let Them
atexasnomad.com
Another draft.
Another deletion.
Another chance to find the rhythm.
Another shot at the golden sentence.
Another deletion.
Another chance to find the rhythm.
Another shot at the golden sentence.
November 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Another draft.
Another deletion.
Another chance to find the rhythm.
Another shot at the golden sentence.
Another deletion.
Another chance to find the rhythm.
Another shot at the golden sentence.
I started pumpkin carving 6 years ago.
Never missed a Halloween.
6 out of 6.
Even a year apart I’ve improved.
Consistency, baby.
Never missed a Halloween.
6 out of 6.
Even a year apart I’ve improved.
Consistency, baby.
October 31, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I started pumpkin carving 6 years ago.
Never missed a Halloween.
6 out of 6.
Even a year apart I’ve improved.
Consistency, baby.
Never missed a Halloween.
6 out of 6.
Even a year apart I’ve improved.
Consistency, baby.
Another border.
Another stamp.
Another chance to test yourself.
Another shot at reinvention.
Another stamp.
Another chance to test yourself.
Another shot at reinvention.
October 31, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Another border.
Another stamp.
Another chance to test yourself.
Another shot at reinvention.
Another stamp.
Another chance to test yourself.
Another shot at reinvention.
Nomadic Reinvention
Another flight.
Another border.
Another chance to rebuild yourself.
Another shot at freedom.
Another flight.
Another border.
Another chance to rebuild yourself.
Another shot at freedom.
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Nomadic Reinvention
Another flight.
Another border.
Another chance to rebuild yourself.
Another shot at freedom.
Another flight.
Another border.
Another chance to rebuild yourself.
Another shot at freedom.
The scariest thing I’ve learned this year?
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The scariest thing I’ve learned this year?
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
It’s not failure.
It’s posting something that matters…
and getting 0 likes,
except a pity comment from your mom.
This is The Ghost , my Halloween short.
Watch it. Read it. Then post anyway.
atexasnomad.com
New York tax: paying double rent for the privilege of living in the only U.S. city where you don’t need a car.
October 28, 2025 at 5:10 PM
New York tax: paying double rent for the privilege of living in the only U.S. city where you don’t need a car.
I’ve decided i’m just gonna make stuff up and when people call me on it I’ll be like “my bad, must have been a hallucination.”
October 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I’ve decided i’m just gonna make stuff up and when people call me on it I’ll be like “my bad, must have been a hallucination.”
Video editors belong in the same category as doctors, lawyers, and priests.
The moment you hire one, they know all your secrets.
The moment you hire one, they know all your secrets.
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Video editors belong in the same category as doctors, lawyers, and priests.
The moment you hire one, they know all your secrets.
The moment you hire one, they know all your secrets.
Stephen King says writing is a shovel.
John le Carré maybe errs more toward an interrogation.
Somewhere between the two, I finished a 499-page novel in the rain.
The Art of Reinvention 3: How to Stay Creative (Without Burning Out).
Issue 36
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John le Carré maybe errs more toward an interrogation.
Somewhere between the two, I finished a 499-page novel in the rain.
The Art of Reinvention 3: How to Stay Creative (Without Burning Out).
Issue 36
🌦️ atexasnomad.com
A Texas Nomad
Not another ‘quit your job’ blog—this is creative reinvention on airplane mode.
atexasnomad.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Stephen King says writing is a shovel.
John le Carré maybe errs more toward an interrogation.
Somewhere between the two, I finished a 499-page novel in the rain.
The Art of Reinvention 3: How to Stay Creative (Without Burning Out).
Issue 36
🌦️ atexasnomad.com
John le Carré maybe errs more toward an interrogation.
Somewhere between the two, I finished a 499-page novel in the rain.
The Art of Reinvention 3: How to Stay Creative (Without Burning Out).
Issue 36
🌦️ atexasnomad.com
AI was meant to give us time back.
Instead, it’s stealing more of it, one “efficiency” at a time.
Instead, it’s stealing more of it, one “efficiency” at a time.
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
AI was meant to give us time back.
Instead, it’s stealing more of it, one “efficiency” at a time.
Instead, it’s stealing more of it, one “efficiency” at a time.
Most creators are chasing consistency.
But the ones who last are chasing truth.
Your voice isn’t a formula.
It’s a frequency you keep returning to until it breaks you open.
But the ones who last are chasing truth.
Your voice isn’t a formula.
It’s a frequency you keep returning to until it breaks you open.
October 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Most creators are chasing consistency.
But the ones who last are chasing truth.
Your voice isn’t a formula.
It’s a frequency you keep returning to until it breaks you open.
But the ones who last are chasing truth.
Your voice isn’t a formula.
It’s a frequency you keep returning to until it breaks you open.
Build your life like a novel.
Theme first.
Then tension.
Then the scenes you can’t wait to write.
Theme first.
Then tension.
Then the scenes you can’t wait to write.
October 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Build your life like a novel.
Theme first.
Then tension.
Then the scenes you can’t wait to write.
Theme first.
Then tension.
Then the scenes you can’t wait to write.
The scariest part of reinventing yourself
is realizing how many people
were only attached to the older version.
is realizing how many people
were only attached to the older version.
October 12, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The scariest part of reinventing yourself
is realizing how many people
were only attached to the older version.
is realizing how many people
were only attached to the older version.
Dear Greenland take note how these guys who are wooing you to be part of the USA, take note of how they are treating Puerto Rico.
October 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Dear Greenland take note how these guys who are wooing you to be part of the USA, take note of how they are treating Puerto Rico.
In Medellín, I fell in love the way cities fall asleep.
Quickly. Then all at once.
But love on the road is a magic trick,
beautiful, impossible, and gone before you understand it.
Quickly. Then all at once.
But love on the road is a magic trick,
beautiful, impossible, and gone before you understand it.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In Medellín, I fell in love the way cities fall asleep.
Quickly. Then all at once.
But love on the road is a magic trick,
beautiful, impossible, and gone before you understand it.
Quickly. Then all at once.
But love on the road is a magic trick,
beautiful, impossible, and gone before you understand it.
I keep mentioning this but have seen hardly anyone say it. Bad Bunny has ALREADY PLAYED THE SUPER BOWL. I guess yall didn’t notice yall staring’ at Shakira. Who BTW, is not a US citizen, which BB is.
October 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I keep mentioning this but have seen hardly anyone say it. Bad Bunny has ALREADY PLAYED THE SUPER BOWL. I guess yall didn’t notice yall staring’ at Shakira. Who BTW, is not a US citizen, which BB is.
Has anyone else noticed ChatGPT being super slow lately?
Is this cause of their new slop machine?
Is this cause of their new slop machine?
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Has anyone else noticed ChatGPT being super slow lately?
Is this cause of their new slop machine?
Is this cause of their new slop machine?
Forget fame.
I started making TikToks just so my girlfriend would notice me.
I started making TikToks just so my girlfriend would notice me.
October 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Forget fame.
I started making TikToks just so my girlfriend would notice me.
I started making TikToks just so my girlfriend would notice me.
She asked why I disappear when I write.
I told her:
Because if I don’t go far enough in,
I come back with nothing worth giving.
I told her:
Because if I don’t go far enough in,
I come back with nothing worth giving.
October 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
She asked why I disappear when I write.
I told her:
Because if I don’t go far enough in,
I come back with nothing worth giving.
I told her:
Because if I don’t go far enough in,
I come back with nothing worth giving.
The “we’re going extinct” crowd is delusional. People will always have kids. But life is better, freer, more enjoyable with fewer kids, especially for women and people wanting more in life. The population “crisis” won’t be solved by nostalgia.
October 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The “we’re going extinct” crowd is delusional. People will always have kids. But life is better, freer, more enjoyable with fewer kids, especially for women and people wanting more in life. The population “crisis” won’t be solved by nostalgia.
I like the new iphone so much instead of so of hiding it in a case I’m just gonna cover all the hard surfaces in my house with foam.
October 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
I like the new iphone so much instead of so of hiding it in a case I’m just gonna cover all the hard surfaces in my house with foam.
Your past doesn’t need closure.
It needs distance.
That’s why I write in a new city.
That’s why I disappear.
It needs distance.
That’s why I write in a new city.
That’s why I disappear.
October 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Your past doesn’t need closure.
It needs distance.
That’s why I write in a new city.
That’s why I disappear.
It needs distance.
That’s why I write in a new city.
That’s why I disappear.
One of my biggest pet peeves is we get these beautiful iphones then immediately have to cover them with protectors and rubber and doodads.
It’s like my grandmother’s gorgeous couch all covered in plastic.
It’s like my grandmother’s gorgeous couch all covered in plastic.
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One of my biggest pet peeves is we get these beautiful iphones then immediately have to cover them with protectors and rubber and doodads.
It’s like my grandmother’s gorgeous couch all covered in plastic.
It’s like my grandmother’s gorgeous couch all covered in plastic.