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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 donate here: https://www.lalmba.org/2021-tembea-na-mimi-walkers/ I. BACKGROUND

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 book and the impact it had on us. I have three points: I. Infinite Games Provided An

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 being rejected, but there's nothing to take their place. The

Superpower-Shadow

Superpower-Shadow

> 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 to have a clear sense of self identity. To

Understanding Therapy

Understanding 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 2-part process: 1) To understand your most important moments from childhood

My Dad

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 a consistent Shower Thought of mine this week—I'm excited to hang out

How to Work With Me

How to Work With Me

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 With Me (HTWWM) manual (1 [https://feld.com/archives/2016/04/user-manual-working.html], 2 [https:

Categorizing Needs

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 a variety of frameworks that break these needs down. I'd like to summarize

Attachment vs. Non-attachment

Attachment vs. Non-attachment

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 we should not be attached. Non-Attachment Non-attachment is especially pushed in the book,

Brainstorming Topics

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, imo). Another (kind of weird) goal is to create