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Update to meditation grief essay: 2 months later

Most of the effects have remained, and I'm having a great time

May 12 •

March 2025

The grief of losing your sense of self is like getting to Heaven and being upset they don't have your favorite flavor of La Croix

The old me has died and I miss her, but not that much

Mar 21 •

Competence is clarity

How do you know if you're good at something?

Mar 10 •

January 2025

Some reflections on journaling by hand every day for 8.5 years (and counting)

and on writing in general

Jan 30 •

December 2024

Mind viruses and demons are real

You're more programmable than you think

Dec 31, 2024 •

Find the fulcrum

A practice of understanding

Dec 15, 2024 •

Sincerity and manipulation

Dancing in the dark

Dec 3, 2024 •

November 2024

Collecting open secrets

What you call fate is quite ordinary

Nov 18, 2024 •

Nutrient Levels in Retail Grocery Stores, or Why You Should Be Buying Your Groceries from Walmart

A counterintuitive conclusion

Nov 4, 2024 •

August 2024

People who demand nothing of you (or, notes on charismatic people)

How charisma feels

Aug 1, 2024 •

July 2022

limerence with ideas

Youthful obsessions and searching for wholeness

Jul 25, 2022 •

chasing evening light

Why I write, and how time doesn't stop for anyone

Jul 15, 2022 •

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