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Unfinishedness, Part I: Right Where You Are
If worry is the thief of joy, then no wonder so many of us feel stretched thin these days. The…
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On Optimization, and the Quiet Work of Living Well
Optimization isn’t a life strategy. Living well begins when you stop shaping yourself for someone else’s gain and start tending…
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On Energetic Grounding in an Age of Constant Activation
We live in a world that thrives on our activation — a constant hum of urgency, vigilance, and emotional baiting.…
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Practice Reveals Capacity
You won’t think your way into capacity. You’ll practice your way into it — slowly, gently, honestly. Capacity grows through…
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Why the Basics Are the First to Go
When life feels urgent, the quiet things—sleep, nourishment, movement—are often the first to go. But these basics shape the conditions…
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When the Body Calls You Back
How often do we ignore our inner yearnings—the pull toward peace, retreat, solitude, rhythm? How often do we answer the…
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On Soil, Capacity, and the Life We’re Actually Living
There’s a saying that floats around from time to time—Bloom where you’re planted. There’s some truth in it. The soil…
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On What Fills the Field
Some mornings I sit here and notice how easily we crowd the field of attention. Sometimes it’s because something painful…
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On Misery, Attention, and the Human Condition
Some mornings I sit on the porch and wonder why we humans stretch our attention so far past its limits.It’s…
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Seasonal Intuition
There’s a kind of intuition that doesn’t come from impulse or fear. It comes from something deeper—what I’ve started calling…
Wayward Haven Farm
A sanctuary for learning and growing in seasonal rhythm with nature
From the Hermit’s Porch
The slow work of shaping a coherent life, one honest noticing at a time — spoken from a life lived close to the ground.
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