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A theme for 2024: Systems

I’m not one for resolutions. To me, they often felt too rigid, prescriptive. Or maybe that was the perfectionist who understood goals as all or nothing, not only in the what but the how. I do, though, pick a word … Continue reading

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More of less

What could you do more of? Ah, the ever human pursuit of doing more… More exercise, more love, more reading, more writing, more work… More, more, more. But maybe what we need more of is… less. More rest and recovery … Continue reading

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The best advice is a guide, not a prescription

We tend to think of advice as a more experienced person telling us what we should do, what the other person would do in our shoes. But each of us has a different set of skills, experiences, privilege, health, wealth, … Continue reading

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The ones who are always OK

You have these people in your life who are always OK. Nothing seems to ever truly throw them off. Shit happens, as it does to all who walk through life—but for them, it looks like just another step on their … Continue reading

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Comparing our performance

I felt this tweet from Charlyn Partridge deep in my gut: Measuring up performances is an unavoidable and often odd thing among humans. Largely it comes down to what we’ve set as the benchmark. When we’re assessing our own performance, … Continue reading

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