The Fine Line Between a Calling and a Curse

And other rants about work & life you’ll probably disagree with

Nov 23 • 

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October 2025

Get Lost

Will you give it a second?

Oct 25 • 

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August 2025

Freedom is not the highest form of wealth

After 2 years of freedom, I have to disagree

Aug 17 • 

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June 2025

How to be successful and miserable

When you’re good at the wrong thing [Existential Explorer: Part 7]

Jun 29 • 

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Make something that doesn’t matter

Why you need a totally pointless passion project [Existential Explorer: Part 6]

Jun 8 • 

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just kidding... work actually is the meaning of life!

A performance review in purgatory [Existential Explorer: Part 5]

Jun 1 • 

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May 2025

Total Addressable Meaning

What if we built a life around what actually matters? (and noticed the strange world we already live in) [Existential Explorer: Part 4]

May 18 • 

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What You Need is a Midlife Crisis

Why the midlife crisis is an opportunity not to be wasted [Existential Explorer: Part 3]

May 11 • 

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The Open Frontier of Meaning

The collapse of old worlds, the failure of quick fixes, and the call to explore [Existential Explorer: Part 2]

May 4 • 

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April 2025

From Businessman to ‘Existential Explorer’ – An attempt to explain what I’m doing

2 years out of work, 1 year of writing, and a new lens on living [Existential Explorer: Intro]

Apr 27 • 

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Success is not a destination, it’s a debate

I’m successful, but still argue with myself about it [Not Obvious: Part 7]

Apr 13 • 

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March 2025

The Two-Party Trap (in office politics)

Are you an Idealist or a Schemer? [Not Obvious: Part 6]

Mar 30 • 

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