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For them, loneliness does not mean that something is missing. This is the return of something. They returned home, closed the door, and felt something finally loosen from their chests. The version of themselves that exists when no one is…
Some things about growing up in slower times aren’t better or worse. They just slow down, and there’s a quality to that slowness that’s hard to describe to someone who hasn’t experienced it. There are more gaps in the days.…
Many people walk around feeling like they are faking confidence, convinced that real confidence belongs to someone else, to someone louder and more confident. But faith rarely works the way we expect it to. This is not the man who…
I’m running my next course Launched in 1948 Now. Registration closes tomorrow, June 30th. This is something I haven’t said in a while. Because for the past two years, I’ve told myself I’m done with groups. I don’t do these…
Aging should be a relaxing process, a sense of stability that allows one to finally relax one’s mind. For some, it comes. For others it is not, and the difference is usually not luck. Those who feel secure have given…
Children don’t remember their childhood the way their parents imagine. Long trips and expensive gifts tend to get blurry. The things that stick are smaller and weirder. A tone. Looking across the table. Parents once said something, forgotten by morning,…
They stop supporting. The constant low effort to manage the impression they make on others disappears, and you can feel it when you’re around them. It’s not confidence, exactly. It’s more like a list of items they used to carry,…
It would be easy to interpret this as being antisocial or boring. Usually this is not the case. While everyone else is making plans for the bar, the evening crowd is already picturing couches, good lights, and their slow-cooked meals.…
They never look crazy, but somehow it all works out. It’s usually very early and everyone around is scrambling to get there. It’s strange how unremarkable their habits are up close. There is no productivity system with a name. They…
Some people seem to have slightly different clocks than those around them. While others are crazy, they are calm. They ask questions that no one else has thought to ask. You’ll leave a conversation with them feeling more stable than…
