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An examined life. Plus: meaning, writing, kitesurfing, and climbing.
By Russell Max Simon · Launched 3 years ago
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Haunted by Hemingway's "One True Sentence"
I've been working on a memoir and I want to give up.
Dec 4, 2021
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Keep your historical perspective
Our mental wellbeing, equanimity, and ability to make sense of the world would all benefit from cultivating better historical memory
Jun 25
But beware of looking for goals
Ways of life and returning from Mexico
Apr 2
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Trapped in San Francisco
For our trip to New Zealand, I had bought the nice tickets. Unfortunately, everything went egregiously wrong
Jun 17
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Why I moved from Wordpress to Substack (And what it all means)
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Weekly Update, 2/2/20 - Mérida, the Liberty Democrat, & George Packer
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Sacrificing for your kids
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Weekly Update, 5/11/20 - Exercising Control
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My authentic self
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Weekly update, 10/25/20 - Learning to live with it
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Climbing (not football) is life
Everyone should be so lucky to know a Dani Rojas
Jun 4
Sacrificing for your kids
My one and only letter to other parents
May 28
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Things In Real Life
Meaning, purpose, and how we choose what to work on
May 21
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I could retire tomorrow
The choices to make are about lifestyle and values—not money
May 7
Over-indexing on freedom
Obviously digital nomadism is lonely—but the problem actually cuts deeper.
Apr 30
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Why I hate Earth Day
How a career in activism soured me on "raising the salience" of climate issues
Apr 22
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A brief, shining pandemic moment
For all that was horrible, I remember the middle of the pandemic quite fondly
Apr 16
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Full text of Hunter S. Thompson's "Ninth Path" Letter
Hunter S. Thompson’s 1958 letter to his friend Hume is one of the best distillations of advice on life and career I’ve ever read.
Apr 2
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Why I moved from Wordpress to Substack (And what it all means)
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Weekly Update, 2/2/20 - Mérida, the Liberty Democrat, & George Packer
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Sacrificing for your kids
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Weekly Update, 5/11/20 - Exercising Control
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My authentic self
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Weekly update, 10/25/20 - Learning to live with it
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