building in public

the stats

What I am building, what I am practising, what I am reading, and the log of what moved each day. Numbers update as I go.

last updated · Mon 9 Nov 2026
goals · right now

what I'm building toward

five things, before Lunar New Year

in progress01 · launchthe letter & the websiteBridging Earth, first letter Mon 16 Nov, and raechuck.com around it.
writingbuildinglive
in progress02 · launchHuman Design for Better WitchcraftMy new free ebook, the CORE freebie. Live Sun 15 Nov.
writingdesigninglive
03 · first marker1,300followers on Instagram
reached ✦1,300
04 · by lunar new year10kfollowers on @magicby.rae
on the way10,000
05 · double it$8kmy Content House income, a month
about halfway$8k
habits · this week

what I'm practising

devotion before work
morning pages
one shadow prompt a week
human design practice
monday money date

(example week for now. this goes live from my TickTick habits)

reading · now

on the nightstand

I Ching, the Oracle
I Ching, the OracleBenebell Wen · dipping in and out
Let's Become Fungal!
Let's Become Fungal! Mycelium Teachings and the ArtsYasmine Ostendorf-Rodríguez · page 103 of 320

(updated by hand, not everything I read lives on BookFusion)

a clipping, at random
Life is meant to be an artist date.
Julia Cameron, The Complete Artist's Way, week 12. Highlighted 7 Oct.

(this pulls a random quote or thought from my BookFusion)

the shelf

books that built my politics

swipe right, this list keeps growing

(1)
Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer
Cover of Braiding Sweetgrass

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation braids together Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teachings of plants.

(2)
A New EarthEckhart Tolle
Cover of A New Earth

A spiritual guide to moving past the ego, towards a better way of living and a better world.

Rae reading in the roots
(3)
The Myth of NormalGabor Maté, with Daniel Maté
Cover of The Myth of Normal

A physician argues that what our culture calls normal is making us ill, and maps the pathways back to wholeness.

read in the roots, Frenchman's Cove

the build log · cny sprint, 8 nov to 6 feb

what moved, day by day

older entries
  1. Mon 9 Nov 2026

    the site wants to be a magazine, not a sticker book

    Seeing the first mock-up with every element on it told me what I did not want more clearly than any brief. The editorial version came out of saying "too camp" out loud.

    • five vibes drawn, one merged
    • sunset, lilies and orchids became the palette
    • Bridging Earth got its own weather: the pool, dimmed
    • from ego to oneness replaced the spiral
  2. Sun 8 Nov 2026

    putting the launch dates on a calendar changed what I worked on

    Before today I chose tasks by what felt most responsible. Seeing the real dates in a row made the priority obvious, and showed me how often my ADHD brain picks "productive" over "important". Content has to wrap around the launches, not the other way round.

    • started the website: folder, moodboard, first mock-ups
    • confirmed the newsletter is Bridging Earth and the site is raechuck.com
    • found the Frenchman's shoot and decided it carries the site
    • emailed Ghost about the site being down
milestones

how I got here

the key (tap one to hide it)
  1. age 5moved to New York with my mom
  2. age 9moved back to Jamaica
  3. age 12started Japanesethe youngest student ever to take the Japan consulate course, and passed with the highest marks
  4. 2011first trip to Japan
  5. age 15started Korean
  6. May 2016graduated high school
  7. 2017moved to Japan for college
  8. 8 Nov 2026started raechuck.comday 01 of the build
  9. 16 Nov 2026first Bridging Earth letter