Love Is Not A Feeling
It's what you do when the feeling isn't there.
Daniel Diagonally
Essays about truth, agency, and showing up in every room. Even the empty ones. Don't let the smile fool you. I'm a grumpy optimist.
I have a point of view. And it's skewy.
The essays 12
The Machine Says I Wrote This. You Still Have To Decide If It's Any Good.
I got 100% human. I still want the thing gone.
I'm Sick Of The Online Performance. I'm Also The One Performing.
I can't prove I'm real. I can only hope my voice cuts through.
The Man Who Set My Number Doesn't Exist Anymore. I Keep Failing Him Anyway.
I'm fatter than when I started. The work is working anyway.
Six Months Of Working My Ass Off And I Couldn't See The Progress
I had the proof in my hands
I Chose Poorly. I Chose Better. I Choose Freedom. I Choose Truth. Like, Nobody's Watching
What you choose unseen is who you are.
I Got My Defining Question Wrong In The Search For My People
How tussling with my assumptions quieted the noise in my head. And gave me a better question.
She Asked To Read My Writing...
Some People Don't Get A Vote
The Egg Doesn't Care How Fast You Want To Go
The egg has terms. Larry read them.
It's In The Doing...Sort Of
On ordering chaos, one clunky note at a time
The 220,000 to 1 Perspective
Why Montaigne Didn't Have A Unique Idea
Here I Are
On failure, perspective, and the strange value of still being here
Daniel R. Cox Essays since May 2026 Daniel Diagonally on Substack