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165 / Always Be Leaping

The final part of the story (at least for now)


January 2026 • 4 minute read

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164 / A Ticket To Nowhere

The power of rituals to affirm meaning in your life.


December 2025 • 4 minute read

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163 / Wilderness

I’m embarking on a season of intentional solitude.


December 2025 • 3 minute read

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162 / Mezzanines In Eternity

The moment the deepest waters in me changed direction.


December 2025 • 5 minute read

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161 / Surrender

A funny story about my broken heart and the nature of death.


December 2025 • 5 minute read

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160 / The Price Of Entry

The heartbreaking cost of choosing ourselves.


November 2025 • 4 minute read

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159 / Inferno

Feeling lost, I receive guidance from ancient poet.


November 2025 • 5 minute read

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158 / The Dream

A train to catch, a mysterious trickster and I meet my Anima.


November 2025 • 5 minute read

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157 / Everything Has Changed

It’s time to tell you the story of what’s happened this year.


November 2025 • 2 minute read

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156 / All Aboard!

The mindset required for leaping into the unknown.


July 2025 • 4 minute read

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155 / Have No Idols

Treat famous people like cats please.


June 2025 • 3 minute read

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154 / This Is Everything

What’s the best comic I’ve ever read?


May 2025 • 1 minute read

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153 / Between The Sky And The Sea

Some thoughts on homesickness and finding home.


April 2025 • 5 minute read

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152 / The Work Is Done

My litmus test for knowing when a project is finished.


March 2025 • 3 minute read

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151 / Now Is The Time Of Choices

Our choices mean something now.


February 2025 • 3 minute read

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