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Nearly all of my most fulfilling and exciting experiences, those that have made me feel part of a community or moment, have happened in person. I think the feeling of being surrounded by likeminded people is unparalleled.

Don’t Leave the Silly Out of the Serious, or the Serious out of the Silly

t you can shape yourself by reshaping your relationships. By changing who you are addressing, and the responses you garner, you steer your development. You become more agentic.

You cannot force good conversations to happen. You have to allow and invite them

Physical affordances are things like stairs and handles and benches. Conversational affordances are things like digressions and confessions and bold claims that beg for a rejoinder. Talking to another person is like rock climbing, except you are my rock wall and I am yours. If you reach up, I can grab onto your hand, and we can both hoist ourselves... See more

The joys of yes, this.

Boundaries not as keeping things out, but as holding our dreams a bit more softly.

Step in to this moment that I’ve made for you. For what it is you need.