Befriending Life
Rob HardyFor years, I sought to control life. Now I seek only for deep friendship with all that is.
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I am VERY confused about AI
What the hell is even going on? What is a human who wishes to live a sane, grounded, decent life supposed to make of AI? How are we to relate to this technology?
I’ll be real with you. I’ve been flip-flopping on these questions over and ov...
Write like no one’s reading
I wrote the first draft of this by hand earlier today. It’s down at the bottom for anyone who wants to see my janky handwriting.
I’ve been writing professionally for 15 years, but for some reason publishing on the internet feels incredibly...
Befriending shame
I’ve written half a dozen drafts of this essay since the start of the year. All of which stalled out, mostly due to me being a scaredy cat and getting stuck in the swamp of perfectionism. So I’m starting fresh. Gonna write this bad boy in o...
Soul work and security
Of all the questions I'm living right now, this is the one I've been most humbled by.
For the last decade, I've tried to thread the needle between my soul work (aka what feels most alive and resonant), and my desire for financial security....
The Living Question
So, uh, I totally overhauled my Substack last week.
When I set out to write a manifesto for Lightpage back in April, I wasn’t expecting to emerge from the process with an enlivening new vision for my personal writing. But here we are.
So...
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