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My dad said my last letter sucked.
And I think he's right. In my [last letter] I talked about the struggles I have faced the last 2 years: Chasing performance, chasing fulfillment in approval, and generally ... chasing "ego hits." I thought a shared a pretty compelling story with you. And so did my
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I am home.
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Suffering is Good
There's few things in life people seem to abhor more than suffering. You and I have been sold the promise of an easy life – that's the story of America in the 2000s, at least. But now it seems as though that promise will never come to
I Could Have Waited
I could have waited for something to happen, waited for someone to invite me somewhere, waited for my life to drastically improve in front of my eyes. But I didn't. I wrote an essay about it. Then I sat on a rooftop in New Zealand and talked about
Learning to Yield
Something I've noticed recently is that the majority of road signs here in New Zealand are 'Give Way' signs — or what we, in the States, call a 'Yield.' Meaning, you do not have the right of way. That which is in flow, continues. And
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