Just to See It Exist

On the quiet overwhelm of wanting something to exist—and building it anyway, for the joy of the work.

There’s a particular kind of overwhelm that doesn’t come from having too much to do.

It comes from wanting something to exist.

Not because the market asked for it. Not because it fits a trend. Not even because it will “scale.” Just because, in a quiet corner of your mind, you can already feel it—its shape, its rules, its tone—and the gap between “I can see it” and “it’s real” starts to itch.

That’s why I keep building Weekly.

It’s a calm, opinionated way to plan and manage tasks—designed entirely for me. I’m not thinking about users, clients, or product-market fit. I’m thinking about what I need on a Monday morning. How I want a week to feel. What should be visible, what should stay hidden, what deserves space, and what should disappear.

It’s less like “shipping a product” and more like making a small piece of art: refining edges, removing noise, chasing clarity until the thing feels honest.

If someone else on the planet benefits from it someday, great.

But the real reward is simpler than that:

I get to look at it and know it exists.