experiments
I'll write a post on exactly how I did it for my new newsletter [masteryourfate.substack.com] this week! So go subscribe [masteryourfate.substack.com]. :D But yeah, I've been an early bird for the last 3 weeks (for the first time in my life), and
Last night I was getting to know my new friend Cal [https://calvinrosser.com/newsletter/], who moved to San Diego to surf. "I'm sure that sounds frivolous," he said. Nah, it's beautiful. He's following his heart. Leaning into the simple moments where
For my 21st birthday, I visited a small oceanside town a couple hours away from Rio de Janeiro. Walking alone back from the beach that night, the streets were dark and the sky was full of stars and I felt safe there. I felt safe there. Woah. I didn'
Imagine we live in a world where some lucky people have naturally pink hair, it's a really coveted trait, and pretty much everyone wishes their hair was pinker. In this world my Dad has the pinkest hair ever. Growing up, people would tell me that they'd
My sister just visited Austin for the first time! I wanted to show her the best this city could offer, which meant lots of barbecue, breakfast tacos, Gourdoughs donuts... tons of really heavy foods. I noticed that every day we ate unhealthily, I'd crave fatty foods all the
Five years ago, I gave one in-person conference talk [https://boulderstartupweek2016.sched.com/event/6j4v/why-your-content-sucks-hint-you-dont-have-a-messaging-problem-you-have-a-psychology-problem] to an audience of 200. Immediately after, a few executives reached out for consulting help, which gave me
I caught up with my ex this week, and it was a little bit like returning home again. We're quite different, but our core values have always lined up. I felt known, and more than that, I knew myself in him. I dunno if that makes sense. But
My good friend is going to move to a big tech hub and get a high salary and live that life for a while. This same friend ditched their city apartment over the winter and instead spent it seaside out in the country. Spent all autumn walking through the forest,
"My boss has it out for me! For the last 6 months, he's given me all of the hardest projects in the department," she complained. "...But its made me much better at what I do. And now I'm way better than everyone he&
Sometimes I feel unlovable, but yoooo, people used to have PET ROCKS. If someone can love a fucking rock, like, people can surely love any one of us, too.
"I don't know if you could do anything to make me not like you. Like, I'm thinking deeply about it, and... nothing." "Same. Completely." I respond. And I mean it! Dinners with Amber and Tim are like being in one warm emotional
Tonight I went to a party w/ 60 people, and I got some social anxiety, and I wrote about it. I went into my childhood and how that affects my people skills today... I'm not gonna do that anymore. It's okay to feel a bit nervous