loving the process
Natalie Audelo and
loving the process
The moat of low status is one of my favorite concepts, courtesy of my husband Sasha. The idea is that making changes in your life, especially when learning new skill sets, requires you to cross a moat of low status, a period of time where you are actually bad at the thing or fail to know things that are obvious to other people.
Cate Hall • How to Be More Agentic
The end game was never convenience but a texture-rich life that challenges and rewards us. Not happiness as a frictionless state, but satisfaction earned through the friction itself.
372 / Friction-maxxing through 2026?
I've been doing a bit of "speed dating." Meeting new collaborators for the first time in almost ten years? A day or two with different people just to get a vibe and throw some paint at the wall. Creative handshakes, if you will. Following the chemistry.
It's been an interesting process. One that has tested a lot of what I know to be true. At the... See more
It's been an interesting process. One that has tested a lot of what I know to be true. At the... See more
D Major Mixolydian
All desire is a desire for being.”
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.
We think we want things, but every desire points to a way of life, a kind of person we long to become. Objects seduce us not with their utility but with their promise of transcendence—status, attention, belonging.
In the early 20th century, Rilke wrote a wonderful series of letters to a young poet in which he counseled, "Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart." He said, "Try to love the questions themselves as though they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language." He said, "Don't try to reach for the answers which could not... See more
Krista Tippett • Krista Tippett: 3 practices for wisdom and wholeness
The project I'm doing is basically turning myself into a certain type of person who is able to have these thoughts. The essays are kind of just exhaust from the project. The work is growing emotionally and intellectually in such a way, and just going out into the world, talking to people, reading, looking at things, and becoming the kind of mind
... See moreThe meaningful middle is where everything that matters actually happens.
Carmen Van Kerckhove • Stop pretending you don’t care
We all love the training montage in movies—those brisk two-minute sequences where the protagonist transforms from novice to expert while upbeat music plays. One minute they're struggling to do a single push-up; the next, they're ready for the championship fight.
Real life doesn't work like that. The actual training—the part where you build the... See more
Real life doesn't work like that. The actual training—the part where you build the... See more
Carmen Van Kerckhove • Stop pretending you don’t care
This journey from naming what you want to achieving it isn't accidental. It follows a path that, in many ways, mirrors training for a marathon. And just like with marathon training, each phase requires different skills, different mindsets, and different kinds of courage.