A personal blog · Est. 2025

Joshua World

Notes on life, travel, half-finished ideas and things I've made with my own two hands.

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LifeMar 16, 2025 · 7 min read

Everything I learned from a year of saying “yes”

Twelve months, one rule: if someone invited me somewhere and I was free, I went. Salsa classes, a 5am fishing trip, a stranger's wedding in Porto. Here's what it did to me.

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Travel

The best €4 breakfast in Lisbon

A tiny pastelaria, a grumpy owner and the flakiest pastel de nata I've ever eaten.

Mar 2, 2025 · 4 min
Ideas

Why I still keep a paper notebook

Apps come and go. My battered notebook has outlived four phones and two laptops.

Feb 16, 2025 · 5 min
Making

I built a bookshelf with zero carpentry skills

Three weekends, one wobbly prototype and a surprising amount of wood glue.

Feb 2, 2025 · 6 min
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Travel

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Making

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