Relationships & Society
Psychologist Carl Rogers suggested the good life is not a state you arrive at but a…
I have caught myself, more than once, defending a version of me that had already moved on.
Relationships & Society
Thought of the day by Helen Mirren: “You die young or you get old. There’s nothing in…
For most of human history, the average person did not live to see their thirty-fifth birthday.
Relationships & Society
5 digital minimalism hacks that have made me calmer and less stressed
I did not get calmer by reading grand books about attention or by taking a week-long digital detox in the woods.
Relationships & Society
I asked ChatGPT for an honest five-year plan — what came back was less a plan and more a…
Every so often you get to a point where the same three or four questions have been circling for months and none of them are getting answered.
Relationships & Society
Ever notice how losing $100 stings about twice as hard as finding $100 feels good? That…
I am not a psychologist or an economist, and nothing here is advice about your money or your decisions.
Technology
You’d think an AI copilot would widen the gap between star employees and everyone else…
The assumption almost everyone carries about a new tool: it pours rocket fuel on whoever is already at the front.
Relationships & Society
The darkside of remote work
It is 11:14pm and the only light in the room is the laptop.
News
I asked ChatGPT to plan my weekends for a month — the surprise wasn’t the free time, it…
The screen showed a five-weekend plan.
Relationships & Society
The lost art of being unreachable (and how to get a little of it back)
I am not a psychologist or a doctor, and this should not be taken as advice.
Relationships & Society
Thought of the day by Stoic philosopher Marcus Aurelius: “What does not benefit the hive…
Picture the colleague who quietly keeps the best leads for himself.
Relationships & Society
I asked ChatGPT to describe my personality and forbade it from flattering me — it didn’t…
"You come across as highly self-directed, analytical, private, and restless.
Relationships & Society
Too many options breed hesitation, regret, and less satisfaction in the end
I have a decision sitting open that I should have closed days ago.