Category: Essays
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Look for the Helpers (Thoughts on Hope During Chaos)
I was raised by two loving parents and a Nintendo. I was also raised by PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service (which recently lost their federal funding, but luckily still endures).…
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The “Loneliness Epidemic” and the Mindset Shift that Changed my Social Life
There’s a running joke these days about socializing and canceling plans: It usually involves somebody who is happy when a friend or an event gets canceled at the last minute,…
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How to Make Art (And Keep Making It)
My name is Steve and I am a people pleaser who makes stuff and shares it with the public. This is both fun (I can make friends quickly!) and a…
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The Best Career Advice I’ve Ever Heard: The Glass Cannon Strategy
(updated 9/8/25) In the summer of 2024, the United States Men’s Gymnastics team broke a long medal drought and won the bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Paris. The…
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I Got to Say Goodbye: Practical Musings on Mortality
On Friday August 15th, my grandma passed away peacefully in her sleep at the age of 95. I had driven to Massachusetts a few days earlier, and my father and…
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Keep Changing, You Just Get More Who You Really Are
“Well, it’s easy. I just threw away all the parts that weren’t ‘Steve.’” I had been sitting with my friend Josh Kaufman in Colorado. I was struggling to make progress…