Found this old essay from February of 2022. This was previously locked to Patreon subscibers, but when I unearthed it I realized it captured a turning point in my life that felt deeply relevant to the current time period, too. This was about the time I quit drinking and started changing a number of inputs […]
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This update went out in my most recent newsletter. If you’d like to get updates like this, sign up for The Hurley Cut: Story & Power. Somewhere between 2011 and 2020, I lost my way. I’ve been trying to untangle exactly what happened: mistakes made, near-misses, lucky breaks lost, poor choices. I was building a
I Broke Apart. I Came Back Better. Read More »
This year I saw stark difference between Idea People vs Doer People. The Idea people were generally used to being managers. They would talk and talk about what SHOULD be done, but when asked the plan for DOING it w/resource constraints, would hem and haw and throw up hands and say it was impossible. Then
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Finished up this delightful book nook build that spouse got me for Xmas. It was soothing blend of Lego building and puzzle making that I found extremely satisfying, promoting extreme focus and deep work that magically settled anxiety. Now I understand the “old people working on puzzles” stereotype. Scrolling and screens have hijacked an enormous
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I was alive in the 90s when Clinton pushed NAFTA (it had been passed years before but Dems refused to ratify it!). It destroyed local economies, undercut worker power and wages locally, exploited workers in other countries, and made rich people richer: That’s a reality the far left AND the far right can agree on.
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This is a great long thread about strategies for coping with uncertainty. It touches on similiar strategies I’ve talked about here and elsewhere about how to navigate a world where every step you take feels like trying to navigate a sea of quicksand. I learned a lot the first time round when we had a
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I’ve found comfort the last 10 years in looking back at historical comparisons of the last few hundred years in our history. The likelihood that I’ll survive a prolonged disruption of supply chains and civil unrest is of course quite low (I’m dead in 48 hours without meds) but knowing humans just… Become seething, mad
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE TWENTY SIX: It’s been a year, and IT’S BEEN A YEAR. Lots to catch up on, professionally and personally.
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE TWENTY: It’s FUTURE ARTIFACTS publishing day! To help celebrate, Sarah Gailey (author of The Echo Wife, Magic For Liars,
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The GET TO WORK HURLEY podcast is a monthly rant about the hustle of making a living as a writer of All of the Things. You can support this podcast each month as a Patron or make a one-time donation. EPISODE NINETEEN: In this episode: FUTURE ARTIFACTS is less than a month away, so what else is happening in the
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