the soul of your work

Hi Friends,

I was thinking about what to write to you when the world order has tilted so suddenly and dramatically. As I noticed myself leaning toward old bad habits of doomscrolling, I decided this would be a good time to talk about attention. 

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Hello, you.

This is your invitation to live life full-on. 

It's messy, but so good.

Living life fully means expanding your emotional range—if you want the peak experiences, you’ve got to learn to hang in through the valleys. It’s less trying hard,...

In our output-obsessed culture, we measure by the end result: the book, the title, the money, the attainment. 

The bigger task, the daunting task, the deeply spiritual task, is becoming the person that does the thing. 

The becoming is the massive u...

This is for the recovering high-achievers and the good kids who have tried so hard. This is for the black sheep, secret dilettantes, meanderers, and closet creatives. This is for people facing their third act of life: you’ve climbed the ladder, raise...