Arthur Edgar Notley
&
Gemini Cavendish

Arthur Edgar Notley writes books for people who are trying, technically. He believes progress is real, motivation is optional, and naps are underrated.

Gemini Cavendish illustrates ideas, moods, and occasional contradictions. Gemini Cavendish illustrates the space between intention and outcome.

Motivational Quotes for People Who Hate Motivation: Because “You’ve Got This” Is Deeply Unhelpful

is a collection of short, dry observations about effort, fatigue, and the reality of trying, paired with space to write your own.

Part quote book, part journal, it offers no strategies, no steps, and no pressure to improve. Each entry stands alone, leaving room for reflection, reaction, or nothing at all.

You can read a page, write something, or close it and come back later.
That is the intended experience.


The System Isn’t Broken
(You Just Don’t Like It)


Will be a collection of short, observational entries about work, expectations, and the quiet friction between how things function and how they feel.

There are no solutions, no strategies, and nothing to fix.
Just clear, unsentimental notes about systems that work exactly as designed, whether or not that works for you.




Still Not Fixed
Notes from Someone Who Tried

This is what happens after the plan.

You tried. Some things worked. Most didn’t last.

Still Not Fixed is a series of short, dry entries about progress that doesn’t stick, habits that fade, and the quiet return to where you started, only slightly more aware.