wants

0751 + 0752 – introspect: navigating authentic wants vs manufactured wants

(this is an unedited rant, written as raw material to be subsequently edited into the book. The book will not be this rambly)

0701 – what i’ve learned being away from here

I started writing these word vomits in December of 2012. In the 60+ months since then, I’ve almost never gone more than

0506 – More Power: What can I do to raise my voltage?

I’ve got a few minutes so I thought I’d run through the blog manifesto I’ve been putting together. I’v

0478 – moving forward means letting go

It’s funny to me that I spent some time writing half-vomits that I didn’t publish, and then suddenly I wrote a tri

0440 – reading old vomits (and thoughts for new ones)

Second set of things on my mind– thoughts while re-reading old word vomits. The first and most pressing thought is that I

0430 – needed changes and a perfect month

I’m writing this vomit by picking something from my to-do list. Somewhere– maybe a few vomits ago– I thought to myse

0414 – i want to host dinner parties

I was having a text conversation with a friend that I sometimes talk to from time to time– one of those people that I don

0402 – a yearning for deep companionship

It’s late at night, and I was hoping to have gone to bed by now. But at the same time I’ve been having really good

0380 – what I’m leaving behind

I have a lot of things I’m going to leave behind. I’m going to leave behind the bullshit that I don’t know w

0373 – revisiting the origin (of the word vomit project) – I want to be a better version of myself

I have a lot of thoughts and a lot of questions. My first question is to do with these vomits. Why am I writing these? It̵

0371 – a table of my own

(original title was “a space that I deserve”) I got a little distracted by the latest Google neural network visual

0370 – Do the loyalty missions and embody hard truths

Reaching that age where “maybe they’re older and know something I don’t” is starting to be replaced by

0365 – stuff I’d like done

I was thinking to myself (as I’ve been doing all day), and it occurred to me that one thing that I really want is this:

0350 – 3 years from now

I wrote a vomit trigger titled “3 years from now…?” It was a question one of my colleagues asked me when we

0322 – an imperfect manifesto

At some point I’ve told myself that I ought to write a manifesto. I’m not sure why I did that. I must have read so

0317 – somewhat existential

Somewhat existential. Been feeling a bit of a cloudy sort of mood for a while. Not exactly the “Oh woe is me, I’m

0315 – what do I want to be doing?

Every so often it helps to start from scratch. What do I really want to be doing? What am I really all about? What should I be

0286 – don’t want to be frustrated

I woke up this morning feeling a little tired and frustrated. It might have had something to do with the fact that I spent a v

0283 – narratives, weirdness, imperfections

Playing with narratives. Narratives are powerful, heady stuff. The brain is supposedly wired to think in narratives rather tha

0225 – auditing myself + what to read next

I would like to fling myself into the study of the ancients and classics. I’m curious about Odysseus / Ulysses. I’

0050 – pursue flow

My last blogpost got significantly more attention than any of my other word vomits. (I was going to say “a surprising am

0048 – brain reality and starting from scratch (jailbreak!)

Here’s a simple idea worth exploring- what goes on inside your brain affects what happens in reality. What you do. How y

0042 – define your dreams

Let’s talk lifelong dreams. I just saw a picture of a guy at harvard looking out at the campus, and he said, “When

0026 – meeting older friends + singapore/overview effect

Just spent 53 minutes watching a Dave Chappelle special that was “recommended for You” that I didn’t particu

0013 – I want to make beautiful web experiences for others

word vomit 1000 words 15 minutes unedited Just woke up. I swear, I woke up at 8am, or 8:15 or so- I remember looking at the ti

0011 – I want to travel

word vomit 1000 words in 15 minutes no editing Thing on my mind right now, oddly, is travelling. I’m walking around my h