legible career. illegible self.

how to avoid “career capture” and hold something back for yourself

Sep 27 • Rick Foerster

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July 2026

Is blowing up your life as an adult worth it?

Reinventing yourself takes way too much time, and unfortunately, money

Jul 26 • Rick Foerster

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June 2026

Two roads diverged, and I chose the one that takes me forever to explain

3 years in, the obvious road I prepared for, and the weird one I chose instead [How to Be Irrelevant: Part 6]

Jun 6 • Rick Foerster

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April 2026

I helped build a $2B company. Now I’m a nobody.

From the top of one world, to the bottom of another [How to Be Irrelevant: Part 5]

Apr 11 • Rick Foerster

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March 2026

Why I didn’t write another self-help essay and wrote a novel instead

What non-fiction can’t reach [How to Be Irrelevant: Part 4]

Mar 7 • Rick Foerster

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February 2026

The best work is work you’d pay to do

A counter-intuitive thought experiment for finding meaningful work [How to Be Irrelevant: Part 3]

Feb 22 • Rick Foerster

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How to be creative (when you're not a "creative person")

How practical people can create, without being creative

Feb 1 • Rick Foerster

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January 2026

A Diversified Portfolio of Work

What do you do when jobs stop doing their job?

Jan 17 • Rick Foerster and Iwana Johannsen

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December 2025

The joy of having zero New Year’s resolutions

It's a great time of year to admit you have no idea where you’re going.

Dec 14, 2025 • Rick Foerster

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November 2025

The Fine Line Between a Calling and a Curse

And other rants about work & life you’ll probably disagree with [Existential Explorer: Part 10]

Nov 23, 2025 • Rick Foerster

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October 2025

Get Lost

Will you give it a second? [Existential Explorer: Part 9]

Oct 25, 2025 • Rick Foerster

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August 2025

Freedom is not the highest form of wealth

After 2 years of freedom, I have to disagree [Existential Explorer: Part 8]

Aug 17, 2025 • Rick Foerster

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