Tag: writing
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shit bucket junkies
[Disclaimer: What follows is written by my shit bucket junkie alter ego not by me but yeah who is me.] We’re not in love with narrative—we’re in cold sweat of narrative withdrawal. The same cold grip you feel when six faces turn to you at dinner and you realize you’ve got absolutely nothing to say.…
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Sweet Spot or Sweet Trap?
Tension is the gap between expectation and reality. Most of us spend our lives saying “I want to be happy” on repeat, like stuck vinyl records. But what if complete satisfaction is actually our enemy? What if that tension—that delicious, frustrating gap—is exactly what drives us forward? The Archer’s Wisdom Strategy is the north star…
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Mastery confuses me
This morning, I dreamed me and my business partner were on a mountain slope, surrounded by thick fog. Suddenly from behind us, a cat emerged, running really fast, looking absurd in this oxygen-rich air that immediately invigorates you in those green mountains. The cat wore a metal hat—literally a metal pot in which its little…
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im afraid and eXcited about the party on the moon
When I sailed alone for the first time, I discovered that poseidon doesn’t care about my feelings. He’s just chilling and its heartbreaking and freeing. There’s this raw, punch-in-the-gut moment in solo sailing when you realize you’re completely responsible for your survival. No shortcuts, no excuses—just consequence following action with merciless precision. Newton must have…
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Juicy Subconscious Solutions
The Young Jung? Where’s the Ying? Yeah bullshit headline, especially if you don’t know Carl Jung. You don’t need to though. You are fucked up. Your dreams try to help you. They whisper in your sleeping ears, spitting in them because you refuse to listen. Life would be easier if you would learn the dream…
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