HeyJaredTrying In Public
An experiment in writing for a living. Shared from the Pretty Decent Internet Café.
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20 questions for starting over (a game!) (opens the original)
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Okay, wow!!! When I published my 20 questions for self-discovery game back in June, I had truly no idea that it would resonate with so many of you and become my most popular post ever. What a relief it is to learn that it’s not just me that goes through extended bouts of ignoring my journal in favor of doomscrolling.In honor of that extraordinary response, I’ve compiled another 20 questions for you. Today’s options are specifically designed to prompt some thinking about starting over and beginni
You need a plan for your worst day (opens the original)
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They say it’s not polite to talk about your dreams, but I’m going to tell you about mine anyway. In my most frequent recurring dream, I’m in a giant share house — the kind you split with 12 friends before one of those long weekend weddings in your late 20’s. Staying in the house with me are an assortment of random people I’ve been in classrooms or at parties with throughout my life. Girls I went to middle school with, appearing as the adult women I only know them to be through Instagram, mingle
Who do you believe you are? (opens the original)
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For most of my life, I have identified as the kind of person who is bad at math. The only evidence I can think of that challenges this self-belief is the one time I scored extremely highly on a math test in middle school — we were studying percentages, and my Dad’s strict rules about restaurant etiquette meant that at a very young age I’d learned how to tip. Other than that, almost all of my math experiences were negative. Math was the class I fell asleep in, or texted through, hiding my brick o
The cobbler’s shoes (opens the original)
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The Study’s doors are open until September 18th! Join us next week as we kick off a mini Offer Design Sprint. Learn more and sign up here.One of my favorite movies as a child was Richard Williams’ The Thief and the Cobbler, which is a bit odd considering it’s still technically unfinished. Williams, a three-time Academy Award winner, began developing The Thief and the Cobbler in 1968. The first 10 minutes took 14 years to complete. Often referred to as “t
The ideal conditions do not exist (opens the original)
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My desk is a mess, and my hair is greasy. I’m not quite sure what to say. There are dirty dishes in the sink, and my closet is an unorganized mess. I have no makeup on. I don’t live walking distance from the beach, nor do I work from a wood-paneled magical library, which is to say the aesthetics are never quite where I want them to be. For whatever reason, my camera overheats and shuts off anytime I record for more than 15 minutes. My boyfriend has a meeting next door and the AC keeps cutting on
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