This essay was originally published by Ben Fleming on his blog. You can do so much in the modern world. The amount of opportunity available is so vast it’s hard…
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Dying Beautifully
This essay was originally published by Jimena Sánchez Ravanales on her blog. For the Spanish version, click here. At my mom’s funeral, my aunt, her twin said that she always knew…
A Letter to My Younger Self
This essay was originally published by Irene Karthik on her blog. The words that I have longed, long to hear from people I have loved, love, and will love: “I see…
The Places That We Cannot Escape
This essay was originally published by Patricia Hurducas on her blog. What are the places, the ideas, the people that we cannot escape? By “escape” I do not mean “break free…
The sacred and mundane
What if instead we approach mundanity with gratitude, intention—when you see it as a chance to do a simple thing with care and intention?
Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #49
Poets, Boomers, girls in Gaza’s tunnels, selves, Hume, Sartre, status, polyamory, Millennials, Tems, the Coens, ladies of the Canyon, & more!
On making friends as an adult
Since my AIM days, I’ve laughed with, cried with, dined with, traveled with, and even lived with people I’ve met on the internet.
Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #48
Thomas Kuhn, Thomas Piketty, American academia, Danish fairy tales, baby heart transplants, fertility, Impressionism, agency, and more.
If you’re so smart, why don’t you lead a better life?
How smart are you? Maybe the best measure of the robustness of your worldview is how effectively you manage resources.
Anna Gát: What to Read This Weekend #47
90s nostalgia, failing Britain, language vs decline — and hugs, Pilger, Friston, Musk, Betty Ford, Elizabeth Bishop, Wong Kar-Wai, and more!
Yoga, eastern medicine, and mindfulness are not panaceas
I am seeing a pattern play out within the yoga, eastern traditional medicine, and buddhist-adjacent wellness communities. It goes like this.
“Offline is the New Online” by Rachel Haywire
The essay was originally published by Rachel Haywire on her blog Who is going to be online in 2027? Less than 15% of the population. Remember the early days of the internet, when…