Archive - Everyday Living

My Thoughts on Masculinity

Some ideas on what men should and shouldn’t be

Jul 8 •

Funnels and Distillation

Concentration, refinement, intensity, and freedom

Jul 4 •

July Meditations

Thoughts to ponder and act on this month

Jul 1 •

June 2025

How to Be Interesting

Some actionable strategies

Jun 24 •

Ends and outcomes, not processes and means

Jun 20 •

The Nature of Mistakes

Sometimes, one right deed erases a past of wrongs. At other times, one mistake makes a past of getting things right irrelevant.

Jun 13 •

Trust, Courage, and Integrity

There’s no way around these, and systems structured to mitigate the impact of their absence will have their limits.

Jun 10 •

June Meditations

Ideas, thoughts, and interpretations to ponder and act on this month

Jun 2 •

May 2025

Nothing Ever Ends Well

Things end because they cannot be continued. Understand this to not imperil the beginnings that must follow endings.

May 27 •

The Depths of Understanding

Beyond assimilation. What only good thinking can reveal.

May 20 •

Compensatory Dynamics

The more you don’t like something, the more you must be compensated to accept it, and the less the prizes will mean over time.

May 14 •

Tools and Weapons

The knife cuts, but it also shields. It depends on what the holder wants to do with what’s before them.

May 8 •

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