HeyJaredHopeful In Life: Wen’s Substack
Explore the messiness and beauty of life, one thought at a time
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 2
- Latest publication
- Aug 7, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 10, 2026
Latest issues
Thought #86: Living My Purposeful, Happy Single Life, For the Most Part... (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I am writing to you with a woozy mind. Here I was driving at a snail-like speed with slow reflex (probably not safe at all!), dragging my body into the local supermarket for the necessities: cold medicine (Maximum strength-Day&Night combo pack), chicken noodle soup and my beloved coconut water. How I wished I did not have to give the information of my life in order to ‘DoorDash’ some cold medicine online. I could have avoided the trip altogether.What kind of cold is the most heinous kind, SUMMER
Thought # 85: Getting Back to the Living... (opens the original)
Read excerpt
For a little while, writing dry, procedural documents was my job. While I enjoyed writing still, that sucked the joy out of my creative noggin. Writing became synonymous with obligations. Then, I got a new job and it was all consuming as I got onto the job of a tax season if I were an accountant. Maybe now, I can finally get back to writing, when time allows? Time will tell…Today I walked by my desk noticing couple of the remaining post-it note quotes still ‘standing’ that I used to put up durin
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
No verified audience measurement yet.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.