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Three meditations from one month of fatherhood | #69
What my newborn is teaching me about grief, self-judgement, and attention
Apr 18, 2025
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Notes from the threshold of fatherhood | #68
I'm excited to meet my son
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Why real change feels weird, unfamiliar and wrong | #67
If you always do what feels familiar, you will never change
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Notes on identity: authenticity vs 'profilicity' | #65
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Notes from the threshold of fatherhood | #68
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Notes on friendship as a co-adventure | #66
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Why real change feels weird, unfamiliar and wrong | #67
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Choose what you want to feel rewarding | #62
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Thoughts on Twitter and my creative behaviour | #61
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Notes on friendship as a co-adventure | #66
Friends are for living life with, not just for talking about life with
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Notes on identity: authenticity vs 'profilicity' | #65
Deossifying
Feb 17, 2024
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Blunt not the heart | #64
3 September 2023: Shakespeare on feeling emotions, some Write of Passage workshops, and a podcast I was on
Sep 3, 2023
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Grieve the road not taken | #63
17 August 2023 :: Re-emerging after some time in my body-mind. The sun is shining and the birds are singing. Here are some thoughts on the road not…
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Choose what you want to feel rewarding | #62
Bouncing around apps first thing in the morning like a squirrel on meth might feel rewarding, but is it really what you want to feel rewarded by?
Apr 15, 2023
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Thoughts on Twitter and my creative behaviour | #61
Why I want to spend less time on Twitter, and more time on platforms like Substack and YouTube that encourage deeper thought, research and refinement.
Apr 8, 2023
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You are large, you contain multitudes | #60
In response to the advice to "be yourself", perhaps the answer should be "which one?"
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