Thinking Out Loud by Sterling

Thinking Out Loud by Sterling

Thinking Out Loud: Notes From a Moving Target

Reclaiming depth in a year obsessed with speed

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Sterling Smith
Dec 04, 2025
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This is part of a series of reflections written while building RightMatch in a volatile market.



I’ve been overdue for a check-in here. Life has been moving fast, and when things move fast the instinct is to optimize, to compress the world into tasks and deadlines. But speed has a way of flattening meaning. I wanted to pause for a moment, recalibrate, and…

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