For over a year, my website has quietly said the same two words. Coming soon. I am finally able to tell you what it was, and to invite you in before it begins. Between Battles is a letter sent via e-mail and a podcast for anyone living through something hard, a body that fights them, … Continue reading The Fire Is Almost Lit
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Why “Try Harder” is the Wrong Tool for Some Problems
This isn't about games, and it isn't going to tell you to just think positive. It's about the problems that keep beating you, and being honest about which ones you can change and which ones you can't. The games are only a starting point. In games there is a particular kind of enemy that works … Continue reading Why “Try Harder” is the Wrong Tool for Some Problems
The Cruel Gap Between Ambition and Energy
There is a particular kind of suffering that does not get talked about much, because from the outside it can look almost like ingratitude, and from the inside it is too tangled to explain quickly. It is the suffering of still wanting. Let me describe it the way it actually happens, because the abstract version … Continue reading The Cruel Gap Between Ambition and Energy