using it upAn inventory, not a haul
read 14 SEP 2026The letter
94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

using it up/All entries/Finished it/068

using it up is more satisfying than unboxing it. nobody tells you that

17 JUL 2026Finished it4 spoken lines, 58 wordsthe jar, 4 of 14a year

Filed under

Finished it. Used all the way down to the last honest squeeze, with nothing waiting under the sink.

Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.
The caption it went out with

the last scoop hits different.

The object
the jar, entry 4 of 14
Filed under
Finished it
Went out
17 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 58 words
It counts
ten, one
Also the jar
11 finished it, 2 still works, 1 noticed
01

Using something up is more satisfying than unboxing it. Nobody tells you that part.

02

Unboxing is over in about ten seconds. Then it's just a thing on a shelf.

03

Using it up takes months. Sometimes a year. You're in it the whole time.

04

And only one of those did I actually earn. That's the difference I can feel.

The rest of the shelf

14 entries are the jar. This is 4. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the jar