The Trap Of Doing What You Love
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever given. …
The Most Liberating Thing You’ll Learn
There are things about your life that you hate and can’t change. Maybe it’s a chronic illness. Maybe it’s a painful past. Maybe it’s something …
The Cost Of Convenience
There’s a self-checkout machine at my local grocery store that nobody uses. It sits there, gleaming and efficient, while people queue for the human cashier. …
The Shape Failure Takes
I failed at something important three years ago. I still haven’t told most people about it. Not because it’s shameful, exactly. More because there’s no …
Why Your Friends Don’t Owe You Anything
We’ve all been there. You help a friend move, loan them money, talk them through a breakup at 2 AM, and then when you need …
Why Seeking Approval Will Make You Miserable
Here’s an uncomfortable truth: you care way too much what other people think of you. You adjust your opinions to fit the room. You stay …
You Don’t Find Your Passion, You Build It
We’re obsessed with finding our passion, as if it’s buried treasure waiting to be discovered. We take personality tests, read career advice, soul-search, and stress …
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The Death Of Small Talk
We’ve all been trapped in it. “How’s the weather?” “Busy week?” Small talk is the social lubricant that keeps interactions frictionless and utterly meaningless. And …
Why We’re All Living Someone Else’s Life
There’s a man in Tokyo who spent twenty years becoming a lawyer because his father was a lawyer. He makes excellent money. He hates every …
The Paradox Of Self-Care
The wellness industry has convinced us that if we just do enough self-care, we’ll feel great all the time. Meditation, green juice, crystals, gratitude journals, …
Consumerism Is A Religion
Nobody thinks of themselves as religious anymore. We’re too smart, too modern, too rational for that. We’ve moved beyond superstition. Except we haven’t. We’ve just …
Digital Detox Is Missing The Point
Everyone’s talking about digital detox these days. Unplugging. Taking breaks from social media. Screen-free weekends. The assumption is that the problem is the technology. Remove …
Why Your Physical Health Is Actually Mental Health
We treat the mind and body like they’re separate things. We go to therapists for our minds and doctors for our bodies and act like …
The Loneliness Of Being Known
Here’s a paradox nobody warned us about: the more people know you, the lonelier you can feel. Sarah has 3,000 followers who watch her daily …
Things We’ve Agreed To Pretend Are Normal
The first time I used a self-checkout machine, I apologised to it for scanning an item incorrectly. The machine didn’t care. Machines never do. But …
What We Lose When Everything Is Easy
We can get almost anything delivered to our door in hours. We can swipe to date, click to buy, stream any movie ever made. Convenience …
The Trap Of Doing What You Love
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever given. …
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The Trap Of Doing What You Love
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever given. …
The Most Liberating Thing You’ll Learn
There are things about your life that you hate and can’t change. Maybe it’s a chronic illness. Maybe it’s a painful past. Maybe it’s something …
The Cost Of Convenience
There’s a self-checkout machine at my local grocery store that nobody uses. It sits there, gleaming and efficient, while people queue for the human cashier. …
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The Trap Of Doing What You Love
“Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.” It’s one of the most popular pieces of career advice ever given. …