The Cynic's Guide To Self-Improvement

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The #1 thing most adults wish they could get better at
And why it's not your fault
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Interlude
The "stages of grief" aren't real. But they can still be useful.
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A NU START
On art as a form of self-improvement, immortality, and cats.
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Continue
The last two weeks have been hard. When I try to write it up, as I have many times now, I’m hit with a wave of weariness. Inside and out, everything…
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August 2023
I quit
The ONE Thing I should have done ages ago
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I found the Überman
Hear from the inventor of one of the world's most extreme life hacks
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July 2023
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I turned 40 a couple of weeks ago and thought it’d be a good opportunity to reflect, piecemeal, on where I find myself in life, the universe, and this…
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This one weird self-improvement trick works instantly
Take two and call me in the morning
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June 2023
The portable ocean
For a lot of people, “get in the sea,” is sound life advice
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You, Me, and Ennui
It turns out you can just be whelmed
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Wake up (wake up)
Grab a brush and put on a little make-up: this is the Cynic's Guide to morning routines
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