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Daily Letter

A short daily letter for people finding their way.

Since 2017, I've been writing about strategy, courage, and building things that matter;

all in fewer than 100 words.

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The Messenger

'Cause today is Thanksgiving (that is a holiday that deserves copying by the way..), I wanted to send you this poem by Marie Oliver, so we can remember that our true work is

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Boredom

Thomas De Quincey call it the formidable curse of life, taedium vitae - the tedium of life. In other words the ordinariness of life, boredom. Boredom is the least tolerable of human states.

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15 seconds at a time

Here is something that I picked up lately, and it has had a major effect on my mood, and mental health. It took a while to get right, but once it got going it is hard to stop.

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