A home for people who want to feel more alive — exploring passion, obsession, and the psychology behind a life on fire.
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Passions Don't Start as Passions
Illustration by Mihajlo Stojanovic
This is Dispatch #24 in a series of personal reflections on passion, meaning, and what it really takes to feel alive. You can read the whole series here.
The other day, I called my dad to tell him...
Love, Anyway
Illustration by Mihajlo Stojanovic
This is Dispatch #23 in a series of personal reflections on passion, meaning, and what it really takes to feel alive. You can read the whole series here.
A few days ago, I had to put my dog Rocket...
On Fire, Lately — #4
Illustration by Mihajlo Stojanovic
Hi friends,
I was lucky to get to go to the TED conference this month. The audience was full of artists and entrepreneurs and writers and builders — people who dream up big things and actually go do them...
What the Early-Knowers Can Teach the Rest of Us
I recently sat down with my niece, Lily Engblom-Stryker, an illustrator about to graduate from RISD. I’ve watched as Lily fell in love with art as a little kid and then pursued it with an intensity I’ve always admired. As she pointed out in...
You Can’t Keep Every Fire Lit at Once
Illustration by Mihajlo Stojanovic
This is Dispatch #22 in a series of personal reflections on passion, meaning, and what it really takes to feel alive. You can read the whole series here.
Hi friends,
For years, after I decided to...
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Writer studying what makes us come alive. Fitness entrepreneur turned passion researcher, jiu-jitsu World Champion, interviewer of obsessives.
writer, grappler, entrepreneur
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The world doesn't need more self-help. It needs us awake. Writing from the coast of Maine. Author. Mind-Body Teacher.
San Francisco producer, pop music fan, magazine reader, tofu eater, advocate for justice, animals & creativity! Family time with wife Bridget, kids Noah, Uma, and pup Beatrice. Author of YA "Bear Boy" \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
Editor-in-Chief of i/Edit, featuring interviews of leading creatives in fashion, design, architecture, photography, and food on their creative process, and the favorite places and talent they're obsessed with.
Terrell is a dad, runner, and writer of The Half Marathoner newsletter.
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