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How discipline becomes its form of inspiration
Discipline is the host who makes sure the party happens, whether the guest arrives or not.
Feb 14
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What do we sacrifice trying to stay current with everything?
The cost of keeping up is higher than the cost of being behind.
Feb 12
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The work that reaches everyone changes no one
Reach is a vanity metric dressed up as a growth strategy. Depth is the quiet engine behind every creator who actually lasts.
Feb 10
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How to Not Be Upset by the Misdeeds of Others.
Mar 14, 2025
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Why do we all avoid the hard truth about ourselves?
Mar 19, 2025
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a simple guide to understanding thought attachment.
Feb 16, 2025
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Keep writing. Keep creating. You never know who's listening.
Mar 17, 2025
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I Got Married.
Aug 19, 2025
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The true cost of emotional honesty
Oct 29, 2025
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In everything, remember to do the basics
When you’re lost, don’t look for the next level. Look at your foundation.
Feb 5
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Why the quiet we fear is often the quiet that restores us
On silence, witnessing, and resisting the urge to explain
Feb 3
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How awareness shapes who you become and what you contribute
Attention as a moral and emotional choice
Jan 31
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A guide to how first-half solutions create second-half suffering
A Jungian map for ambition, meaning, and midlife change
Jan 29
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A Stoic approach to stepping out of unnecessary suffering
Marcus Aurelius on interpretation, emotional suffering, and freedom
Jan 27
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How questioning your emotions can save you unnecessary suffering
Emotional intensity is information not the truth
Jan 24
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Why the hardest part of any effort is what comes after
How to trust the space between effort and outcome
Jan 22
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How to find time for what you love when you're tired!
Discipline gets you to the door; love gets you through it.
Jan 20
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What did Bruce Lee mean by empty your mind?
Emptying your mind doesn’t mean not thinking. It means don’t let thinking trap you in rigid patterns.
Jan 15
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What we’re really doing when we say “I’m here.”
When you’re providing what you don’t have because you need them to be okay so that you can be okay, that’s problematic.
Jan 13
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You Can’t Outwork Someone Devoted to a Better Thing
Working hard on the wrong thing is still working hard, but it’s a slow form of failure, made worse by the fact that it feels like progress.
Jan 8
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Why Intensity Is Overrated and Consistency Isn’t
Intensity makes a good story. Consistency makes progress
Jan 6
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This Year, Pick Three Things
Why choosing less might finally move us forward
Jan 4
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So stop trusting the plan and start trusting the detours.
The path isn’t fixed. The path is made by walking.
Dec 26, 2025
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How to live to the point of tears.
You have to let the tears, literal or metaphorical, arrive.
Dec 8, 2025
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How to want less and value more
Learning to crave less and cherish more
Nov 28, 2025
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Emotions
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Why the quiet we fear is often the quiet that restores us
On silence, witnessing, and resisting the urge to explain
Feb 3
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How questioning your emotions can save you unnecessary suffering
Emotional intensity is information not the truth
Jan 24
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How to find time for what you love when you're tired!
Discipline gets you to the door; love gets you through it.
Jan 20
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2026: The Year of Slowing Down.
I am tired in a way that makes me want to befriend emptiness rather than fill it.
Jan 1
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25 lessons from 2025
Twenty-five reflections on growth, loss, and clarity
Dec 31, 2025
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Becoming Doesn’t Always Look Like Progress
Let it be slow. Let it be soft. Let it be yours.
Jun 12, 2025
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