Personal Growth

Dec 2, 2025

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5 min read

The Harvest Will Come

A Defense of Human Seasons

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Your 80 Year Old Self Would Give Anything to Have the Day You're Having.

Nov 19, 2025

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7 min read

Your 80 Year Old Self Would Give Anything to Have the Day You're Having.

Before the Baseline Breaks

JA Westenberg

Self Help

Nov 17, 2025

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7 min read

Life Isn't Chess. It's Poker.

The Power of Thinking in Bets

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Nov 7, 2025

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7 min read

Letters to Your Younger Self Are a Scam

The Futility of Trying to Tell Your Younger Self Anything Useful

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

Oct 28, 2025

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6 min read

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

Writing Is Thinking With the Training Wheels Off

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

The Map Is Not the Territory (and It’s Definitely Not Progress)

Oct 27, 2025

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6 min read

The Map Is Not the Territory (and It’s Definitely Not Progress)

How Smart People Stay Stuck

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

Oct 15, 2025

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6 min read

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

The Smartest People You Know Still Read Novels

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Forget Finding Yourself. Lose Yourself Instead.

Oct 9, 2025

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6 min read

Forget Finding Yourself. Lose Yourself Instead.

Stop Trying to Pick the Perfect Path

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Oct 4, 2025

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5 min read

I’m Done Future-proofing my Life.

Let the Storm Come

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Why I Stopped Making Cameo Appearances in Other People’s Lives

Oct 3, 2025

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6 min read

Why I Stopped Making Cameo Appearances in Other People’s Lives

Friendship Doesn’t Owe You Forever

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Sep 30, 2025

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6 min read

The Compound Effect of Consistency

Everyone Wants the Breakout. Nobody Wants the Decade.

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Sep 28, 2025

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8 min read

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47

The Long Apprenticeship

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Sep 24, 2025

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8 min read

The Danger of Stoic Sadism

When Resilience Turns into Cruelty

JA Westenberg

Self Help

Sep 22, 2025

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8 min read

Why Belief Beats Discipline

The Three Steps: Pretend → Believe → Become

JA Westenberg

Self Help

Sep 16, 2025

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5 min read

Don't Make Your Bed

Your Bed Isn’t the Problem

JA Westenberg

Personal Growth

The Harvest Will Come

Your 80 Year Old Self Would Give Anything to Have the Day You're Having.

Life Isn't Chess. It's Poker.

Letters to Your Younger Self Are a Scam

Why You Should Write Every Day (Even if You’re Not a Writer)

The Map Is Not the Territory (and It’s Definitely Not Progress)

Why Stories Make You Smarter Than Self-Help Books

Forget Finding Yourself. Lose Yourself Instead.

I’m Done Future-proofing my Life.

Why I Stopped Making Cameo Appearances in Other People’s Lives

The Compound Effect of Consistency

Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47

The Danger of Stoic Sadism

Why Belief Beats Discipline

Don't Make Your Bed

Westenberg.