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HiAbout Vantrilo

A journal, edited down.

Every question about everyday life comes back with a thousand answers. We give you three good ones.

HiAbout Vantrilo

Why three?

Vantrilo started from a small frustration: every question about everyday life comes back with a thousand answers. We wanted a place that gives you three good ones, tried, tested and clearly explained.

The name puts together "van", as in vanguard, and "trilo", as in three. We write about the ordinary things that fill a day: what you carry, how you work and how your home feels. We keep it short on purpose.

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Mira CastellEditor · Everyday
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Tomás ReyesWriter · Work
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Juno ParkWriter · Home
Assorted everyday items on display Assorted labelled bottles displayed on a rack
2/3The rule of three

Less to read. More to use.

01

We try it first

Every idea we publish has been lived with for weeks: at home, at the desk, on the commute. No theory-only advice.

02

We keep three

Each story is cut to the three ideas that made a real difference. Everything else goes in the bin.

03

You read in five

Short enough for a coffee break and specific enough to try tonight. No pop-ups and no padding.

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