The day Steffan Cummins quit his dream job – and got his spark back
After he was fired from Apple, Steve Jobs wrote, “the heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.” He soon enjoyed an intensely creative period.
Tom Vanderbilt • Beginners
An insightful narrative piece that eloquently describes an experience of corporate work that feels alien to the self—and the subsequent break, burnout, and escape to a better way of being.
Claire Simonis • Death of a Salesgirl
When I decided to say no to future freelance projects, I knew that it was time to take my writing, my online business aspirations, and my other ideas seriously.