What I’ve Learned After Three Years on Substack
The people you will be able to have deep conversations with have, like you, already been surprised by the simple, clear things. They need more to get high. And this “more” will be wildly idiosyncratic. It cannot be summarized in a list of writing rules.
So what do you do?
You ask yourself: What would have made me jump off my chair if I had read it si... See more
So what do you do?
You ask yourself: What would have made me jump off my chair if I had read it si... See more
A Blog Post Is a Very Long and Complex Search Query to Find Fascinating People and Make Them Route Interesting Stuff to Your Inbox
That’s why I began writing this newsletter—as a form of public notetaking and writing practice. What I didn’t expect was that, in the process of flinging these posts into a void, I would actually hear from people who were reading these little summaries. This wasn’t meant to be real writing! It was just practice—practice for something else more impo
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How To Find Viral-Worthy Stories In Everyday Moments
Doing Homework for Life is simple.
Every day, you take five minutes to reflect:
If you had to tell a story from today - a five-minute story about something that took place over the course of the day, what would it be?
And all you have to do is write one sentence about it.
Finding stories i
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