One Hard Thing Substack
It is one hard thing to survive. I've done that. Now I want to live.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 32
- Latest publication
- Sep 30, 2026
- Audience
- Checking…
- Earliest in this view
- Aug 28, 2026
Latest issues
Lateral relating; proximity, distance, trajectory, choice (opens the original)
Read excerpt
I like me a good model. It is actually very helpful for me as I attempt to set intentions, remember my values, have a way of reliably orienting in relation to other people/animals/objects, and also track the complexity of my own responses. This is all so much, so important, and also so easily derailed by preprogrammed interruptions, that it is crucial that I start with a vivid picture or image or conceptual map of some sort that I can return to, when I start to wander off.Today I’m thinking a lo
Mergers and acquisitions (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="a woman sitting on top of a mountain overlooking a city" class="sizing-normal" height="1936" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1645265469032-992003f485f1?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&
Falling leaves and gathered wonder (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="1092" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JYmn!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc05f65be-b340-4f74-91dd-c0b327cf5c53_4032x3024.
shapes, spaces, shores (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="a creek in the woods" class="sizing-normal" height="2898" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1668597621973-61d7f013d471?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHwxMDl8fGJyb29rfGVufDB8f
Signals of softness; feeling “full” (opens the original)
Read excerpt
<img alt="a living room filled with furniture and a fire place" class="sizing-normal" height="2160" src="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1712669869857-c9c0c098d024?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfH
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.