The Sovereignty Gap

A serialized guide to reclaiming sovereignty in your personal life, with chapters released at least bi-weekly in reading order.

The Lens

Chapter 1: The Sovereignty Gap — Published

Why a good life can still feel unlivable. A diagnosis of the four gaps—Balance, Restoration, Action, and Support—and the system that keeps them open.
Chapter 2: The Taxonomy — Coming soon

A new way to see your life clearly. Two simple frameworks—Bronze/Silver/Gold and Red/Gray/Blue—that reveal why what matters keeps getting deferred.

Chapter 3: Find Your Thorn — Coming soon

How to identify the small, recurring drain that’s quietly costing you energy every day—and why removing one thorn matters more than fixing everything.
Chapter 4: The 72-Hour Hunt — Coming soon

Your first act of sovereignty. A practical, time-boxed method for eliminating, delegating, automating, or reframing a single red drain.
Chapter 5: What You Just Built — Coming soon

Why that small win matters. The hidden skills you just practiced—and how they become the foundation for lasting change.

Chapter 6: Making Your Life Visible — Coming soon

When you can see what you’re carrying, you can choose what to put down. How visibility closes the Balance gap.
Chapter 7: Building Your Support Team — Coming soon

Why carrying everything alone is optional—and how to distribute the load without guilt or friction.
Chapter 8: Protecting Your Capacity — Coming soon

How to stop depletion from being the default. Managing energy as a resource, not a mystery.
Chapter 9: Working Your System — Coming soon

Turning effort into momentum. How rhythms, limits, and reviews close the Action gap and make progress compound.

Chapter 10: What Sovereignty Looks Like — Coming soon

The integrated picture. What changes when visibility, support, capacity, and systems work together.
Chapter 11: Where to Go From Here — Coming soon

Three paths forward—stop here, build light systems, or go deeper—and how to choose what fits your life.