Self Help

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

How to Stay Sane in a World That Rewards Insanity

Nov 9, 2025

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6 min read

How to Stay Sane in a World That Rewards Insanity

Is There Still a Return on Being Reasonable?

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

Oct 13, 2025

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6 min read

You Are Not the Final Generation

A Brief History of Doom

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

Oct 10, 2025

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4 min read

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

Just Keep Doing the Thing

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

Productivity

Oct 8, 2025

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5 min read

The Exhaustion of Permanent Disruption

The Slow Death of Mastery

JA Westenberg

Philosophy

Oct 8, 2025

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9 min read

Why Cynicism is Just Moral Cowardice

When Did Belief Became Cringe?

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

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

Self Help

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

Life Isn't Chess. It's Poker.

How to Stay Sane in a World That Rewards Insanity

Letters to Your Younger Self Are a Scam

You Are Not the Final Generation

There is Only One Hack: Do it for a Decade.

Forget Finding Yourself. Lose Yourself Instead.

The Exhaustion of Permanent Disruption

Why Cynicism is Just Moral Cowardice

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

Why Belief Beats Discipline

Don't Make Your Bed

Westenberg.