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Deep Life Notes
Thoughts and observations on living deliberately in modern life.
Deep Life Notes is an ongoing collection of thoughts and observations on living deliberately in modern life.
Drawing from psychology, philosophy, history, technology, and everyday experience and reflection, these pieces explore work, craft, attention, identity, change, ageing, meaning, and living well in a modern world.
Deep Life Notes is currently being revised and refined. Some older entries are being updated into a clearer, more consistent format.
A Different Tomorrow
We make decisions for a person we haven’t yet become, often forgetting how much we still have left to change.
Your Strengths = Your Success
We spend too much time repairing weaknesses when some of our best growth comes from understanding what already comes naturally.
Ten Lessons Learned Since 17
Thirty years after turning seventeen, I share ten lessons that might help someone younger make sense of the road ahead.
Try Harder or Walk Away
It can be brave to push through, and it can be brave to quit. The trick is knowing whether you are giving up too soon or recognising a better fit.
Habits Become Us
Habits are less about good and bad, and more about whether they are effective or ineffective in helping us become the person we want to be.
The Second Curve
As we get older, our sense of worth may be less about adding, and more about chipping away the things that no longer belong.
Read My Latest Deep Life Reflections Essays
We have become very good at preparing people for work, and very bad at preparing them for life.