personal Raising $10,000 for a 150-Mile Walk in Kenya tl;dr: In August I'll walk 150 miles in Kenya to raise money for a children's center out there. If you'd like to donate, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you! Learn more and
book Remembering James Carse James Carse, the author of Finite and Infinite Games [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/189989.Finite_and_Infinite_Games], passed away last week. I want to remember his legacy by revisiting his
meaning How to Live a Meaningful Life > "We are too late for gods and too early for being." —Heidegger The modern world is in a meaning crisis [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLND1JCRq8Vuh3f0P5qjrSdb5eC1ZfZwWJ]. "Traditional" sources of meaning (religion) are
personal Grief My mom passed away two weeks ago after a 10-year journey with Alzheimer's. I'm sad. Looking at her face makes me cry. I'm also sad about COVID deaths and George Floyd's homicide. (Indeed,
personal Personal Wednesday: Using "I Am" Statements to Make Your Identity Large > 10-06-22 Update: Added "I am serious & driven, and move with urgency and high standards." In general, it's powerful to keep your identity small [http://www.paulgraham.com/identity.html]. But it's also helpful
personal Personal Wednesdays: Understanding The Process of Therapy I'm a huge fan of therapy (if you haven't done it yet, you really need to try it!). Thus far, here's my most succinct explanation of it (and its benefits). Therapy is a
personal Personal Wednesdays: I'm Excited to Hang Out with My Dad This Friday This is a bit different than my traditional "Personal Wednesday" post, where I talk about things like emotional frameworks or my own vulnerabilities. Today, I just want to note something that has been
personal Personal Wednesday: My "How to Work With Me" Manual (as API) + Thoughts on Big 5 I'm a big fan of: * Making internal docs publicly transparent [https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1121157476919857153] * Thinking of humanity as a set of agents/nodes in an evolutionary game * The How To Work
personal Personal Wednesday: Categorizing Needs I'm a big fan of nonviolent communication [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication] (NVC). For me, one of the most difficult parts of the practice is understanding our human needs. There are
personal Personal Wednesdays: Attachment vs. Non-attachment (Stoicism, Buddhism) I've recently been working through a difficult tension in relationships. On one side you have "non-attachment". This is generally pushed by Stoicism / Buddhism. The macro idea is that attachment leads to suffering, therefore
personal Personal Wednesdays: Brainstorming Topics Hey everyone! Today is my 1st "theme day" for "Personal Wednesdays". The macro goal here is to set aside some of my writing time to explore "traditionally non-work" ideas (which I'm underindexed on,
