The Country Is The People
Not the Government… I saw a post on social media the other day that stopped me mid-scroll. Someone had written, with what I can only assume was the confidence of…
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Retirement…Change of Pace?
Nah… Bollocks to That! Let me start with a small piece of admin. I have just hit a fairly significant milestone. Technically retired, six decades-plus of life under my belt,…
What Happens When Everything Becomes Content?
Do you recall a time when a thought could simply be a thought. It could arrive quietly. Sit with you for a few days. Irritate you slightly. Refuse to clarify…
When Patriotism Becomes a Loyalty Test
What the Hell Are We Doing to Our Olympians? There’s a moment in the opening ceremony of the Milan-Cortina Winter Games that keeps rattling around my head. The American team…
The Uncomfortable Truth About Getting Eyeballs on Your Thing
Here’s something nobody wants to admit: you could have the best product in the world, and nobody would care. Not because it’s not brilliant. Not because you haven’t worked hard…
A Quiet Opportunity
Featuring Real Offers in Front of a Paid, Opportunity-Focused Community There’s a strange tension online when it comes to opportunity. On one side, people are actively looking for new ways…
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design.
Most of what reaches us now is loud by design. Not because it’s important, but because it needs to survive competition. The modern world doesn’t reward accuracy, wisdom, or restraint…
The Winter Creativity Grift
A Field Guide to Doing Nothing (Productively) It’s January. You haven’t written anything meaningful in three weeks. Your last “creative session” involved opening a Google Doc, typing the word “Chapter”,…
Designing a Daily-Capable Content System
(Without Burning Yourself Out) There’s a certain kind of advice that sounds motivating until you actually try to live inside it. “Post every day.”“Consistency is king.”“Outwork everyone.” Fine slogans. Terrible…
The Kids Are Wolves Now
(And Apparently That’s Our Problem) Now there’s a sentence I never expected to type in my lifetime, and yet here we are: Spanish teenagers are dressing up as wolves and…