Writer. Builder.
I write about rebuilding a life.
I build tools for owning your work.
My work spans writing, websites, WordPress, publishing systems, and practical software. I care about how things work, who controls them, and whether they hold up in everyday use.
Explore JimLunsford.com Read my backgroundMy main publishing home. Long-form writing on discipline, recovery, identity rebuilding, self-trust, and ownership, alongside software projects and the decisions behind them.
Recovery Standards and Discipline Dispatches examine how those ideas work under pressure. Builder Receipts explain what I built, what failed, what I corrected, and what the result proved.
Read the articlesMy personal stream. Short thoughts, build notes, training, family, photos, and ordinary days. The things I want to share without turning every one of them into an article.
It runs on Bonumark Stream, the publishing software I build and use for my own site.
Read the streamI build publishing tools and write books about standards, discipline, and rebuilding. For software, I direct AI-assisted development through requirements, product decisions, testing, corrections, and verification.
A self-hosted microblog CMS for posts, photos, notes, pages, and conversation on your own domain. Built around control of your content, portable archives, and a publishing workflow you can use every day.
A Manifesto for Self-Command. A book about personal standards, systems, execution, and the proof that comes from repeated action. Available in paperback and Kindle.
Six values for rebuilding your life: Ownership, Purpose, Resilience, Integrity, Discipline, and Empowerment. Read the free overview and original excerpt, or find the complete book in paperback and Kindle.
I want my writing, media, and publishing history to have a home I control. That means a domain I own, content I can move, and software that gives me a usable way out. The same priorities guide the websites and publishing tools I build.
I’ve been sober since August 2, 2015. That experience shapes my writing about discipline, standards, identity, and rebuilding self-trust. It sits alongside my work in technology, publishing, and software.
More about my life and workThe business structure behind my writing, publishing, software, and other projects.
A dormant recovery brand built around standards, structure, ownership, and self-trust. It is not currently operating as a full recovery program.
For professional background, publishing and technology work, or a conversation about a project, start here.