HeyJared40 and Giving Zero F's
Honest, funny essays about midlife, ambition, pleasure, and not putting your life on hold.
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So I Asked... Laura Vanderkam About Making Room for Possibility (opens the original)
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Vacation Mode, Without the Vacation (opens the original)
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Episode 3: Who We Thought We Had to Be at Work (opens the original)
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This week, we’re talking about work—but not about productivity, ambition, or climbing the ladder.Kathleen and I have both been working for about 20 years (which is mildly horrifying), and neither of us is the same person at work today that we were when we started.Back then, we were both quieter. We kept our heads down. We thought doing good work would speak for itself. And we were still figuring out what we were actually good at, and who we wanted to be.This conversation is about what happened n
Did You Know You Could Just Buy a Bigger Size? (opens the original)
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A Year of Giving Zero F’s (opens the original)
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