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Peyton Welch

Peyton Welch writes the Purpose Memo, a weekly newsletter on how screen time habits influence personal development and what we can do about it.

The Most Difficult (And Most Important) Task of Your Life

Mar 11, 2026

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7 min read

The Most Difficult (And Most Important) Task of Your Life

Two sentences from a Singaporean journal changed how I see the world.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
The Spiraling Nature of Small Decisions

Mar 4, 2026

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8 min read

The Spiraling Nature of Small Decisions

Self-reinforcing cycles either keep us trapped or propel us forward.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
The Thought Experiment That Led To My Three Kids

Feb 25, 2026

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7 min read

The Thought Experiment That Led To My Three Kids

A simple decision-making framework that changed the course of my life.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Our Family Principles

Feb 18, 2026

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11 min read

Our Family Principles

What I want my children to know before they leave the house.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
The 24 Best Things I've Learned From a Year of Studying Screen Habits

Feb 11, 2026

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14 min read

The 24 Best Things I've Learned From a Year of Studying Screen Habits

Everything I've learned so far—in one place.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Stop Moderating, Start Eliminating

Feb 4, 2026

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5 min read

Stop Moderating, Start Eliminating

The art of knowing when to cut something out completely.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Where Have All The Readers Gone?

Jan 28, 2026

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9 min read

Where Have All The Readers Gone?

We’ve traded Orwell, Dante, and Tolstoy for Instagram, X, and Snapchat. And we’re paying the price.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Be A Little Rude—And Make The World A Better Place

Jan 21, 2026

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8 min read

Be A Little Rude—And Make The World A Better Place

Why you should stop talking when someone looks at their phone.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Default Mode vs. Design Mode: How are you living?

Jan 14, 2026

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7 min read

Default Mode vs. Design Mode: How are you living?

Rejecting the default, switching off autopilot, and choosing a different path.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
Why I Stopped Listening to Podcasts in the Shower

Jan 7, 2026

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4 min read

Why I Stopped Listening to Podcasts in the Shower

Rediscovering what your brain can accomplish in silence.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
8 Reasons to Rethink Your Calendar in 2026

Dec 31, 2025

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8 min read

8 Reasons to Rethink Your Calendar in 2026

The competitive advantage of calendar freedom—and how to get it.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
African Wisdom for the Chronically Busy

Dec 24, 2025

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5 min read

African Wisdom for the Chronically Busy

Avoiding the busyness trap.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
When AI Replaced My Dad

Dec 17, 2025

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9 min read

When AI Replaced My Dad

Sacrificing relationships at the altar of convenience.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
4 Unconventional Strategies for Slicing Your Screen Time in Half

Dec 10, 2025

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10 min read

4 Unconventional Strategies for Slicing Your Screen Time in Half

Habit-forming ideas you won't find anywhere else.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
How to Measure Trustworthiness

Dec 3, 2025

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6 min read

How to Measure Trustworthiness

Your litmus test for good advice.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
3 Screen Time Metrics You Should Be Checking Regularly

Nov 26, 2025

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13 min read

3 Screen Time Metrics You Should Be Checking Regularly

Learn the facts about your personal daily usage—the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch
7 Tactics to Guarantee Yourself Less Sleep

Nov 19, 2025

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6 min read

7 Tactics to Guarantee Yourself Less Sleep

How to become an expert at lowering your quality of life by perpetually staying up late and accruing sleep debt.

Peyton Welch
Peyton Welch

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