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Freedom is not the highest form of wealth
After 2 years of freedom, I have to disagree
Aug 17
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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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15
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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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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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Rick Foerster
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6
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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Rick Foerster
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Fulfillment FOMO
And alternative paths to passion. What to do when “find your passion” fails. [Not Obvious: Part 5]
Mar 23
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Rick Foerster
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Welcome to Management: Please Proceed With Delusions of Control
What the management gurus won’t tell you [Not Obvious: Part 4]
Mar 16
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Rick Foerster
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