Overthinking Everything

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Labelling Feelings 101

The first hard choice

Discontinuing paid subscriptions

How to make easy decisions

Why is it hard to choose what to do?

Current thinking: Play and self-improvement

Current thinking 2021-08-22

If you're stuck, try something different

How to give good advice

How does good taste work?

Telegraph your moves

Relaxing the newsletter schedule

Unscheduled Hiatus

Some thoughts on ethics and narrative

How to use thought experiments

Ethical decision-making and life patterns

Communities construct a sense of purpose

Parts of you haven't grown up yet

How to teach the local style

Some notes from behind the scenes

How to triage your inboxes

Notes towards planning the future

Record yourself to coach yourself

How do we treat unique talents?

How to do everything

Understanding your health is hard

Life is a Series of Events

How to be weird

Being Disappointed in People

Returning to the World

Stop Telling People What To Do

Choosing what to do

Mathematical Cranks, Information Overload, and Predicting the Pandemic

I Quit my PhD

Difficult Problems and Hard Work

Intellectual DIY

Pandemic Moods

Unplanned Break

A Fractal of Lies

Believing That You Can Stop

Starting Again

Temporary Hiatus

A Few Book Recommendations

The Habit Cycle

Reflections on 2020

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