Best Essays

Reflections on the Craft of Living

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2020

Dec 30

How Are You?

2019

Dec 07

Mentors, What Are They Good For?
Nov 29

The First Rule of Freelancing
Nov 19

Income Is The Wrong Metric
Oct 30

The Little Actions That Matter
May 18

The Universe Hates You
Apr 24

May You Feel Pain

2018

Dec 03

Happiness Is a Trap
Nov 15

Taking Responsibility Has Nothing to Do With Blame
Nov 08

Preciousness
Oct 25

There Is No Heaven
Jun 03

What Work-Life Balance Actually Takes
Apr 25

Do You Have Any Idea How Lucky You Are?
Apr 04

Watts Your Problem?
Mar 29

Listening Beneath The Surface
Mar 20

Rule Number 6
Mar 15

The Cost of Comfortable Inaction
Mar 05

Life Is Long
Mar 01

Evil Never Sleeps, You Shouldn't Either
Feb 19

Stop Chasing "Advanced Techniques"
Feb 14

Shut Up And Move?
Feb 06

Do You Have a "Non-Toothache"?
Feb 01

Don't Meditate
Jan 30

The Benefits of Breaking Your Brain
Jan 25

You’re Going To Get Hurt Anyway. Choose When.
Jan 22

What Assumptions Are Secretly Running YOUR Life?
Jan 18

One Day We Shall Die
Jan 16

Introducing: The Hand-Copying Exercise

2017

Sep 01

The Story of Milarepa's Cave