Hi, I’m Taylor—writer, dad, designer, and awkward overthinker.

I write about the things I used to avoid: grief, fatherhood, creative failure, identity, and the quiet patterns we inherit (and sometimes break).

My current book project, Help Wanted: Awkward Overthinker, is a memoir told through short, loosely connected chapters—equal parts funny and sad. I’m sharing it here, one post at a time.

I also created The Medium Is You, a gentle 7-day reset for people trying to reconnect with their creative voice—without the pressure to perform. The same questions that shape my memoir show up in that course: What happens when you stop performing? What if the work is still there, just waiting?

This site is also home to my art, children’s book progress, and whatever else I’m quietly working on.

I used to run a screenprinting business. Now I spend a lot of time watching worms with my kids.

Want to say hi? Reach me at taylor@taylorgillis.com.