Self Aware
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself – The Marginalian
August 9, 2026
How to Be a Good Explorer on the Lifelong Expedition to Yourself – The Marginalian
Life is an ongoing expedition into the brambled tendrilled wilderness of ourselves, continually stymied by all we mistake for a…
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss – The Marginalian
August 8, 2026
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss – The Marginalian
“Love, but be careful what you love,” the Roman African philosopher Saint Augustine wrote in the final years of the…
90/90 rule for decluttering + the fix everything smoothie
August 7, 2026
90/90 rule for decluttering + the fix everything smoothie
Weekend Favorites: 90/90 rule for decluttering + the fix everything smoothie
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An Illustrated Love Letter to the World – The Marginalian
August 7, 2026
An Illustrated Love Letter to the World – The Marginalian
We forget that none of this had to exist — that we weren’t owed mountains and music by the universe.…
The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity – The Marginalian
August 5, 2026
The Science of Rupture, Repair, and Reciprocity – The Marginalian
“A purely disembodied human emotion is a nonentity,” William James wrote in his pioneering 1884 theory of how our bodies…
The Only Three Distinctions Between People – The Marginalian
August 5, 2026
The Only Three Distinctions Between People – The Marginalian
It may be that consciousness evolved to sieve the relevant from the incomprehensible allness of all there is, to parse…
The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” – The Marginalian
August 4, 2026
The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” – The Marginalian
“Day by day I am approaching the goal which I apprehend but cannot describe,” Ludwig van Beethoven (December 16, 1770–March…
How to Develop a Minimalist Mindset and Live With Less Crap
August 4, 2026
How to Develop a Minimalist Mindset and Live With Less Crap
How to Develop a Minimalist Mindset and Live With Less Crap
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How to Live and How to Die
August 3, 2026
How to Live and How to Die
“Leave something of sweetness and substance in the mouth of the world.” I lost my darling friend Emily Levine (October…
René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism – The Marginalian
August 2, 2026
René Magritte on the Antidote to the Banality of Pessimism – The Marginalian
In a world pocked by cynicism and pummeled by devastating news, to find joy for oneself and spark it in…