Hi I'm Jevan.

In an effort to better remember my life and the lessons learned along the way I built this site to keep a tab on things (Literally). I thought sharing it for anyone who may get a sliver of value from it would be fun and useful.

Jevan Goldsmith
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School
UniSC Commerce Degree
Focus
Building Beautiful Products
Values
Impact • Mastery • Adventure
Stats
Age 24 • Height 183cm • Australian Flag
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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

I think too much about things most people ignore

Why do some businesses become cults while others fail? What makes a decision "good" when you can't know the outcome? How do you build wealth without becoming its servant? These are the questions I can't stop exploring.

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3 Essays Written
122 Books Logged
5 Projects Documented
0 Resources Collected

THE CURRENT CHAPTER

Where My Attention Lives

PRIMARY

Real Estate Development

Learning how buildings actually get made. Currently exploring residential projects on the Sunshine Coast where I grew up.

ALWAYS

Writing

Trying to figure out what I actually think by putting words on a page. Sometimes it works.

OBSESSED WITH

How Organizations Work

Why do some companies have amazing cultures while others are miserable? I can't stop thinking about this.

SIDE QUESTS

Software & Tools

Building things when I find problems that bother me enough. This website is one of them.

Let's Talk

If you're working on something interesting, thinking about hard problems, or just want to argue about which books are actually worth reading — I'd love to hear from you.

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Keep exploring this idea

A few adjacent notes and pages that connect this topic to the wider archive. These links are chosen from shared topics and intent, so each page leads toward a more specific skill, resource, essay, or collection instead of sending you back through generic navigation. Follow the thread that best matches what you are trying to learn next.

Field Notes Newsletter | Useful Ideas, Books, Tools & Experiments

One useful idea, object, book, question, or experiment each week from Jevan Goldsmith's living archive.

Useful Resources for Thinking, Building & Learning

Templates, guides, and practical tools from Jevan Goldsmith for reflection, better thinking, reading, and useful work.

Essays

Longer essays from Jevan Goldsmith on attention, business, culture, decisions, money, meaning, and useful systems.

How I Read: A Practical Reading Philosophy

Notes on reading for judgment, taste, decision-making, and a better personal operating system.