Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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Hitchhiking
A New York Times Magazine profile of an expert hitchhiker notes the cruel parallel between catching rides and romance—appearing less needy makes help more likely, so those who most need a lift often never get one.
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The Illusion of Perfection
Quoting The Distracted Couple, the excerpt describes how some women with ADHD hide mistakes behind a performance of effortless competence—widening camouflage from executive slip-ups until their authentic personality disappears behind the act.
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Crisis Management
Elizabeth Weil's Times feature on Aleksander Doba frames crisis as something he moves toward—not because he is naive but because reframing peril as opportunity lets him choose the heroic story instead of the victim's.
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End Game Analysis: "Mind the Gap"
Bridging “end game” ambition with relational risk, the essay links supportive bonds to creative fuel, toxic ones to lost focus, and insists even fluid relationships benefit from situational awareness—especially where mental-health complexity demands patience, limits, or containment.
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End Game Analysis: Relationship Spectrum
This installment of the end-game series defines a relationship spectrum from naive openness—equal trust in every voice, little filtering—to total isolation, and warns that swinging between those extremes without guardrails invites a cascade of bad calls.
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End Game Analysis: Connectedness
The author argues that deep work must stay paired with reasonable human connection—because ideas and opportunities come from others, past relational pain can make new ties feel unsafe, and recalibration after hard experiences is how healthier boundaries form.