Archive - Away Message

I love your mediocrity

Reframing ambition on a burning planet

Jun 11 •

December 2024

Thirty, flirty, and grocery-shopping with friends

The case for inviting companionship into your to-do list

Dec 7, 2024 •

September 2024

"I Used to Be Fun"

Rethinking narratives around aging, weather, and stories of tomorrow

Sep 18, 2024 •

May 2024

Letting Go of the Mentor Myth

There's no shortcut to creative success. But that's where your smart peers come in.

May 27, 2024 •

February 2024

A ritual for decision paralysis

On labyrinths, sloughing the past, and marking time

Feb 29, 2024 •

December 2023

I've got gloom but I'm not a gloomer

When 'living in the present' comes at the expense of dreaming a future

Dec 21, 2023 •

September 2023

Join Katherine May and I in conversation this Monday

Wolfish is the September pick for the True Stories Book Club! Subscribers are invited to join us in conversation, this Monday at 11am PST

Sep 30, 2023 •

The Alone Together Holiday

Say we each mix our own little cocktail of work and play. And ask ourselves: what is work? And what is play?

Sep 25, 2023 •

August 2023

Sorry for bothering, but have I made myself clear?

On people pleasing, the productivity of anger, and how our jobs shape our personalities

Aug 26, 2023 •

July 2023

What if alternative hedonism can save the world

What if the path to a more sustainable future is paved in popsicle hours and eavesdropping?

Jul 5, 2023 •

May 2023

The Art of Being Misunderstood

I asked the teens to raise their hands if they went through the world trying to be liked by other people. Also: events in SF, DC, Boston + summer…

May 3, 2023 •

March 2023

A rattlesnake theory of socializing

And how book tour changed my view on weddings; also Wolfish events this week

Mar 28, 2023 •

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