Val Thinks
Val Saksornchai, Sagar SoniA weekly newsletter that makes you stop and think
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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I could have gone to Oxford
In 2009 I rejected an offer to study PPE at the University of Oxford. One of the most competitive degrees at one of the world’s top schools.
This newsletter tells half of that story, and unpacks why I don’t talk about it—even though I’m us...
Mum’s biggest mistake
When my mum told me I was her biggest mistake, I was relieved. I wasn’t hurt, shocked, or sad. I was relieved.
Imagine carrying this for four decades, I thought. Finally being able to say it. To acknowledge that the thing you gave your lif...
A confession
Today is Val Thinks’ fifth anniversary, and I have a confession.
I haven’t been honest with you.
For five years, through these missives I have made you hold my grief, my fear, my anger. You have literally kept me sane.
And you deserve th...
I ran out of nice things to say
I started writing a memoir about Dad.
He’d been gone six months. I wanted to remember him the best way I knew how—in words.
So I bought a notebook, collated anecdotes, dedicated it to “fathers who love their daughters.”
But the more stor...
Vietnam saved me from myself
Five years in Vietnam saved me.
Not in a neat, transcendent way. There was no conical-hat-wearing sage imparting timeless wisdom, opening my eyes to a better way of being. Instead, there was this child with a blunt axe hacking away unsupe...
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Writing and coffee addict, not necessarily in that order. Living the dream managing my favourite author’s newsletter and writing my own!
Exploring the balance between productivity and mental health, while living more intentionally. Host of Beyond the Speech podcast.
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