HeyJaredThe Adaptive Human
Essays for people whose lives still work on the outside, but something internally feels slightly off.
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I don’t mind it leading me (opens the original)
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Live: Finding your way to be a writer (opens the original)
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I talked with Holly Gutwillinger about finding your way into writing, and what it takes to start seeing yourself as a writer before you necessarily feel like one.We talked about inner critics, looking for validation, going back to school for writing, learning to trust your own voice, and what happens when creative ambitions start turning into pressure. We also got into writing on Substack, receiving criticism, trying to keep creativity enjoyable, and giving yourself some room when schedules and
Keeping the promise felt like giving up (opens the original)
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I forgot how to have nothing planned (opens the original)
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Live: When What Helped You Starts Getting in the Way (opens the original)
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Teresa and I started with a question: what happens when something that once helped us starts getting in the way?From there, we ended up talking about the identities we build around old ways of coping, why they can be difficult to let go of, and whether what we often call “self-sabotage” might deserve a little more curiosity.We talked about people-pleasing, gaming, boundaries, changing habits, the different versions of ourselves we bring into different parts of life, and what it means to choose s
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