I was in a meeting this week, when I muttered that I couldn’t find my pencil. Someone on the video call quipped, “Who uses pencils anymore?” I do, I said. And then I waxed on for a bit about Blackwing 602, how it slows me down, how it makes me feel mindful in a way…
Get this Warm CurrentCategory: Care
Care is about taking responsibility for my own well-being and extending that care to others.
Nobody Needs a Watch. I do.
I keep seeing stories about how the kids are “going analog.” They’re doing digital detoxes, buying vinyl records and CDs instead of cloud-based music subscriptions, shooting with film cameras and taking up “grandma hobbies.” I welcome them to the club. I’ve been moving this direction for some time myself, but being Gen X, nobody in…
Get this Warm CurrentI Wish Sylvester Stallone Would Go to Therapy
The New York Times published an interview last week that I normally wouldn’t bother reading. It’s one of “The Interview” series, with Sylvester Stallone. I feel it’s worth noting that I rarely read anything about celebrities; I’ve never been very interested in celebrity culture or the media frenzy that seems to support that culture. Yet,…
Get this Warm CurrentBefore the Middle Finger; How I Work With Reactions
This week, I thought I’d share some “practical” thoughts on how I have approached working with my reactions. I was talking with someone who knows me well about how I’ve recognized my ability to do this improving dramatically. And while I won’t call this “advice,” they encouraged me to share my process. Goodness knows there…
Get this Warm CurrentStop Cheering for Cruelty
A generation of boys is being taught that performing online in ways that really hurt people is some kind of “winning.” Post the “right” thing, dunk on the right person, and it gets them cred in corners of the Internet where nobody is telling them they’re wrong. It allows them to feel powerful at the…
Get this Warm CurrentWhat We Can Steal From the World Record Miler
The Athletic’s newsletter, Peak, ran an interview this week with Josh Kerr, the new mile world record holder. Three things came out of it that I think more people should see, so I’m passing them along. If you don’t subscribe to the New York Times (which owns The Athletic), I believe you can subscribe to…
Get this Warm CurrentTestosterone is an Incomplete Fix for What’s Broken in Men
Testosterone is having a moment. RFK Jr. talks about the president’s testosterone level like it’s some kind of credential. His own assistant secretary of health has been on TRT for a decade and says it’s why he can do his job. Now Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who has built a whole media identity around…
Get this Warm CurrentAmnesia Is a (Self)-Love Language
Three people close to me have told me the same thing lately – that I’m too hard on myself. And I’m starting to think that believing them might be the most anti-manosphere thing I can do. One was my boss, one was my oldest daughter, and the third was someone I’ve been talking to about…
Get this Warm CurrentCaulfield is Better Than Clavicular
Hi, Everyone! This week I’m overwhelmed at work as my employer prepares to defend a grant application, but I wanted to share my thoughts on an article I read this week. The piece made me feel gratified, maybe even vindicated, for my unappreciated take on a novel my English class read in high school. Perhaps…
Get this Warm CurrentBad News; Worse Feelings
I ran a 1200m time trial this morning, three weeks out from my target mile race. I’ve been building toward this workout for weeks and looking forward to it telling me where I stood. I was confident about the data. I thought I was ready for whatever the data said. I was wrong about the…
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