"You cannot fact-check your way out of status competition"
Dan Williams frames anti-intellectualism as a status problem: taking expert advice can feel like admitting inferiority. Facts alone won't fix that.
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#life
23 articles
"If I forget how to be uncomfortable, I forget how to grow"
Jenny refuses AI to keep the friction that helps her grow. I see it as a tool we have to learn to use well, but her case for discomfort is hard to argue with.
16 years: what my wife has taught me about life (so far)
Shannon and I have been together for 16 years. A few things she's taught me about love and life so far, including why you should always pack snacks.
"Motivation is weather, discipline is climate"
Why do we tell young people that good work should feel effortless? My highlights from a piece arguing that discipline matters more than motivation.
“The art of happiness is also the art of suffering well”
Thich Nhat Hanh's No Mud, No Lotus is a book about suffering that turns out to be about happiness. The passages I still return to in hard times.
"Someone that you'd high five but not hug"
On the Ologies podcast, Dr. Kandi Wiens explains how stress turns into burnout and which physical signs to watch for. Plus a great test of friendship.
"I don’t want to hide my grief or my joy"
My university classmate Keith writes straight from the heart about being open with the people who matter. A post that reminded me why I subscribe.
"The ceiling on my appreciation is high, but the floor is high, too"
Sasha Chapin on how to like everything more. Enjoyment is a skill you can train, and so much of the internet trains the opposite one.
"Nobody waves—but everybody waves back"
Jess Pan spent a year living as an extrovert. Her book got me thinking about depth over volume, and about this blog as my way of waving first.
Are we being good ancestors?
It’s the kind of question that burrows into your mind. The more you consider it, the more it seems to contain.
The pitfalls and the potential of the new minimalism →
An interesting, critical look at the modern minimalist movement
Improving your sleep setup →
How I took charge of my evening routine and bedroom setup to dramatically improve my sleep
It’s okay to be bored, but what you’re feeling isn’t boredom
Making sense of my state of mind during this pandemic has been a good exercise in introspection. I found my days suffused with a sort of nervous energy that I couldn’t get rid of.
It’s impossible to lead a totally ethical life—but it’s fun to try →
Ephrat Livni argues that shopping choices matter less than we think, and that engaging with the difficulty is the ethical part.