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How to be Less Useful

A journal of my ongoing recovery from over-functional to just functional enough.

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Sep 28, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 28, 2026

    I Don’t Have Many Friends (opens the original)

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  2. Issue · Sep 11, 2026

    I Control the Volume (opens the original)

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  3. Issue · Sep 4, 2026

    16 Rut-Busting* Books (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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  4. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    My Job is House (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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  5. Issue · Aug 27, 2026

    A Fun GLP-1 Story (opens the original)

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