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The Great Literary Toad of Chamfort and Steven Pressfield’s War of Art on Overcoming Resistance and Doing the Work

Not all days are the same. This is as true in life as it is in any area of expertise or craft you choose to dedicate yourself to. Some days, you’re in the flow—you jump into it just like that. On others, it’s like going against an upstream river. The push can be unforgiving. Last …

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life on the beach and finding meaning

The Puzzle of Living: Victor Frankl on Meaning, John Lennon’s Beautiful Boy, and Life That Grows Through The Cracks

Most babies come into the world a loud, wailing thing. And while we have no memory of the event, an old quote attributed to Mark Twain claims that it is one of the two most important days of our lives, the second being the day we discover why we came into the world a loud, …

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