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Reflections on growth, identity, and building a life that compounds. For the endlessly curious.
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Why does the internet want us to become easier to explain? (opens the original)
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I've Been Busy (opens the original)
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Someone asked me how I had been the other day.“Busy,” I said.The answer came out so quickly that I barely heard myself say it.Then I asked them the same question, and they gave me the same answer.“Busy too.”We smiled, almost as though we had both said something that needed no explanation, and then the conversation carried on.Mine did not.Later that evening, I found myself thinking about that small exchange.Why had “busy” been the first word that came to me?I could have said I was tired. That wou
Nothing Special Happened That Day (opens the original)
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Last week I went to see my mum.She asked the same question she always does.“Have you eaten?”I laughed.Said yes.She didn’t believe me.She still insisted on making tea.We talked about work.About church.About people we both know.Nothing extraordinary happened.I hugged her goodbye.Got into the car.Started driving home.And somewhere between the first traffic light and the second... a thought crossed my mind.One day...one of these visits will be the last.Not because anything is wrong.Simply beca
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