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The Futility of Relitigating the Past: Embracing Forward Momentum
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The Soul-Sucking Curse of Too Much Empathy
 • Don Hall
9
A Note for Living in a Post-COVID World
 • Don Hall
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When the Audience Becomes the Therapist
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There Are No Park Rules Against Being an Asshole
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You Are Not the Target. You’re Just the Background Noise
 • Don Hall
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If the Art Is Important, Now Is the Time to Do It for Free
When the world is burning, you don’t sell the water. You spray it everywhere and hope some of it catches.
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Don Hall
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The Bloat, the Noise, and the Narcissist: Why We Don’t Need Half the Shit We Think We Do
The world around you is a circus designed to keep you juggling cheeseburgers, TikToks, and desperate thirst traps until you collapse.
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The Futility of Relitigating the Past: Embracing Forward Momentum
The goal is to build upon past foundations, not to dwell within them.
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Don Hall
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Gold-Plated Failure: Why Chasing Money Isn’t the Same as Succeeding at Life
If you find yourself quoting Gordon Gekko like he’s a life coach, go outside, hug a tree, and punch yourself in the throat.
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Don Hall
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The Soul-Sucking Curse of Too Much Empathy
You’re not helping anyone—you’re just bleeding empathy in every direction like a sprinkler system built in hell.
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Don Hall
9
Swipe Right on Celibacy: Why Gen Z Is Afraid of Sex (And Maybe We Screwed Them Into It)
Gen Z isn’t afraid of sex. They’re afraid of intimacy. Of being known. Of being vulnerable.
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Don Hall
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Hiding Behind Alf: Masks, Work, and the Death of the Real Self
You are not your real self at work—you’re a character version of yourself with all the edges sanded down.
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