John Petrucelli

Senior Marketing, Ecommerce and Interactive Media Executive, Husband, Father, Brother, Friend and Steely Dan Nut.

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I wrote about the animals who came before the dogs who became family.

Includes: one gerbil, one childhood menace, one buck-toothed greyhound, three cats, a ferret, and enough guinea pigs to become an ASPCA problem.

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We went to the White Mountains for Memorial Day weekend to start summer properly.

Then it rained for two straight days, our outdoor plans disappeared, and we were forced to do something radical: nothing.

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A running joke about a Steely Dan t-shirt I don’t actually own turned into something about music, memory, and getting older.

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Golden Week in Japan isn’t only about time off. It’s what happens when everyone slows down at the same time.

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I spent last week worrying about three things going wrong.

They didn’t.

Turns out catastrophizing just means you get to live the stressful version first.

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Ordered “some dirt.”

Got a stuck truck, a shattered pallet, two craters, and 2,000 pounds of regret.

The barn is gone, but it wasn’t quite done with us.
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We took down a 200-year-old barn.

Insurance forced the timeline. Cost closed the door on saving it.

Now we’re left deciding what comes next.

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For almost three years, caregiving shaped my days. On February 9, it stopped.

This week’s Second Act is about grief, secondary loss, and the quiet that follows when a role ends.

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I planned to write something light.

This wasn’t it.

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The math behind your existence is absurd.

What you do with the time that followed is the part that matters.

Episode 15: The Odds of You https://t.co/BI1JmGoqDz

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Paying attention changed how the world looks.

Five ways I’m trying to move through 2026 with more skill and less noise.
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This was my first full year of retirement. Instead of a typical year in review, I wrote about who showed up, old friends, new ones, and the quieter ways connection returns when life slows down.
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New Post: Six Senses, One Signal
This one goes deep. It draws on Buddhist psychology, perception theory, and the BioCircuit model of consciousness. I know it’s dense, so I added a short explainer video at the top to help ease into it.
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New Second Act essay: a look at Thanksgiving, past and present, and why it still matters long after the big holidays steal the spotlight.
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I have been quiet on BCCT for a bit. The new piece took some research. It started with a medical procedure and turned into a deep dive into unconsciousness and how the brain loses time.

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Went to a weekday matinee to see Tron: Ares and discovered a whole different world. Turns out the middle of the day is quiet, calm, and kind of great. Wrote about it.
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What started as “just swap the washer” turned into a full-scale home renovation and light psychological test.

Episode 11: D.I.Y. (Destroy It Yourself) https://t.co/rZnVTbS2O7

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18. Memory Isn’t Storage: Are Our Memories Signal Playback? https://t.co/txX9jy90uI

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We planned to downsize. Instead, we built a family compound. Turns out, the empty nest never happened.
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One tire. Two strangers. A small story about kindness, timing, and what it really means to live your second act.

The Flat Tire That Fixed Me https://t.co/UfjypDsodt