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Going To The Cinema, etc.
How to slow down time with movies
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Sep 18
Being A “Reader” Doesn’t Mean Disengaging With The World
Balancing Reading With Life
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Sep 15
The Price We Pay For Being Excessively Productive
In Praise of Procrastination
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Sep 13
Why I Refuse To Track How Many Books I've Read
The impossibility of quantifying knowledge
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Sep 10
A Guide For Falling Back In Love With Reading
My personal philosophy/practices for being well-read
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Sep 06
Why Are Poems So Difficult To Read? And How To Read Them
Sometimes, you're not supposed to understand them
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Sep 04
Our Obsession With Photography And Fear of The Sublime
Why we're obsessed with taking photos when we're traveling
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Sep 03
What Is Worth Reading In This Saturated Book Market?
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Sep 02
My 4 Step Process To Retain What I've Read
Analytical Reading 101
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Aug 27
Writing From The Margins While Embracing Life: An Open Letter
On leaning into the void, an artist's isolation and fulfilment
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Aug 25
You Don't Need More Self-Control, But More Self-Awareness
A better recipe for cultivating discipline from the Ancient Greeks
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Aug 22
At The End of The Day, Being an Academic Is Still A Job
What The Academy Won't Teach You
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