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1.2k November 30, 2018 Resilience reading: Books to help with the bounce-back When I was going through the shitshow of my post-divorce emotional recovery process, I read SO MANY BOOKS. With 50/50 custody, suddenly half my time was very very empty and I was adrift and confused and so I did what nerds have always done: I buried my feelings in words, and went searching for my redemption in books. These are the crisis and resilience books that helped me the most… Read More 1.1k November 16, 2018 Turning future desires into present contentments Where are my fellow discontents? My fellow day-dreamers and strategizers and ladder climbers? This post is for you, my fellow folks who spend your days up in your heads, dreaming and scheming about how things would or could be better if you only had this, or if you only did that, or if this thing was different or that thing was changed. Read More 2.6k 16 Comments October 26, 2018 Here's the weird thing about getting fit after 40 "I have never felt this good!" is not what you're told your 40s are supposed to feel like. This makes me wonder: what other common narratives around aging aren't necessarily true? Read More 1.0k 12 Comments October 19, 2018 Book club: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram The Enneagram is not especially cool right now. It came to popularity in the US in the '70s, and while astrology has gotten a breath of fresh air through the social justice lens of folks like Chani Nicholas, there's no similarly hot new take on The Enneagram. So this is not new, and it's not hip. But you know what? This book cracked some things WIDE open for me… Read More 123…5
1.1k November 16, 2018 Turning future desires into present contentments Where are my fellow discontents? My fellow day-dreamers and strategizers and ladder climbers? This post is for you, my fellow folks who spend your days up in your heads, dreaming and scheming about how things would or could be better if you only had this, or if you only did that, or if this thing was different or that thing was changed. Read More 2.6k 16 Comments October 26, 2018 Here's the weird thing about getting fit after 40 "I have never felt this good!" is not what you're told your 40s are supposed to feel like. This makes me wonder: what other common narratives around aging aren't necessarily true? Read More 1.0k 12 Comments October 19, 2018 Book club: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram The Enneagram is not especially cool right now. It came to popularity in the US in the '70s, and while astrology has gotten a breath of fresh air through the social justice lens of folks like Chani Nicholas, there's no similarly hot new take on The Enneagram. So this is not new, and it's not hip. But you know what? This book cracked some things WIDE open for me… Read More 123…5
2.6k 16 Comments October 26, 2018 Here's the weird thing about getting fit after 40 "I have never felt this good!" is not what you're told your 40s are supposed to feel like. This makes me wonder: what other common narratives around aging aren't necessarily true? Read More 1.0k 12 Comments October 19, 2018 Book club: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram The Enneagram is not especially cool right now. It came to popularity in the US in the '70s, and while astrology has gotten a breath of fresh air through the social justice lens of folks like Chani Nicholas, there's no similarly hot new take on The Enneagram. So this is not new, and it's not hip. But you know what? This book cracked some things WIDE open for me… Read More 123…5
1.0k 12 Comments October 19, 2018 Book club: Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram The Enneagram is not especially cool right now. It came to popularity in the US in the '70s, and while astrology has gotten a breath of fresh air through the social justice lens of folks like Chani Nicholas, there's no similarly hot new take on The Enneagram. So this is not new, and it's not hip. But you know what? This book cracked some things WIDE open for me… Read More 123…5