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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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...
Of mice and manifestos
I’ve been on a John Steinbeck kick of late. Started with Cannery Row (an all-time favorite), moved on to Tortilla Flat (also delightful), and last week, I blasted through Of Mice and Men in one sitting. That one devastated me. Goddam.
It’s...
the human dojo
Yo amigos! Here’s the latest installment of The Lightpage Chronicles, in which I’m documenting the process of writing a manifesto for Lightpage in real time.
After a week of struggling to write something new, I just said “fuck it” and rec...
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