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Courage is unavoidable
CS Lewis famously said that courage is “the form of every virtue at the testing point.” But the more I think about it, courage only looks that way to a…
Aug 25
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April 2025
Curiosity pulls you towards authenticity & abnormality
Socio-cultural forces are entropic and drive you to the mean.
Apr 1
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January 2025
On Identity
Identity is stagnation, calcification.
Jan 24
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December 2024
It's authenticity all the way down
Everything you want is downstream of alignment with "what is"
Dec 4, 2024
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All of heaven in a single room
Stretched out on the couch, feet up.
Dec 1, 2024
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September 2024
Taste Is What's Left
Blue whales & a thousand disgusts
Sep 4, 2024
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June 2024
Ep. 057 - John Koenig on Sorrow, Identity, Contradiction, & The Human Experience
John Koenig is the author of The New York Times Best Seller Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows, a dictionary of made-up words for emotions that we all feel…
Jun 13, 2024
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November 2023
Subtraction & Experimentation
You find what you want to be & do by (1) removing what is not you, and (2) exposing yourself to what could be you.
Nov 14, 2023
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March 2023
Transformation Purgatory
Change moves at its own pace.
Mar 15, 2023
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February 2023
Spencer's Audience of One Podcast & Personal Blog
I'm starting a new podcast and blog
Feb 1, 2023
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