Archive - What Do We Do Now That We're Here?

How I taught myself to go to sleep

After a lifetime of struggling with my own sleep, the wild, crazy-making, unhinged world of baby and toddler sleep has been a great teacher for me…

Apr 17 •

March 2024

Eight rules I follow when writing this newsletter

Mar 22 •

Something like warmth

A sun salutation for early March

Mar 8 •

February 2024

What if meditation felt easy? with Naomi Annand

"Everything seems to have to have this kind of hardness these days. But in my experience, the things I want to do more of are not hard. I want to make…

Feb 23 •

January 2024

More, faster, better

The antidote to never feeling done.

Jan 26 •

Why are we so weird? with Michaeleen Doucleff

"That thinking is such a mismatch with our evolution and history."

Jan 12 •

December 2023

Before good writing comes good thinking

My Substack year in review

Dec 15, 2023 •

November 2023

The friendship problem

Why friendships have started to feel strikingly similar to admin

Nov 24, 2023 •

October 2023

How to be online right now

On navigating the 'algorithmic fog of war'

Oct 23, 2023 •

20 things I've learned in the last year

Oct 13, 2023 •

September 2023

Can't stop thinking about ... Ballerina Farm

What the obsessive critique of Hannah Neeleman and her family tells us about ourselves

Sep 22, 2023 •

Elemental behaviors with Katy Bowman

We seem to be struggling with purpose. I’m not sure if that’s a new struggle, but it’s made worse when part of “what am I here to do” no longer includes…

Sep 11, 2023 •

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