Dave Kang on living like an octopus, the Ikigai lie, and why it's okay to quit

Why that famous purpose diagram is lying to you, and what multi-passionate people should do instead

Feb 4 • Michael Carruthers

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January 2026

January Round-Up: Are you Claude-pilled?

Trade-offs, software-shaped problems, art and authenticity

Jan 30 • Michael Carruthers

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Karin Majoka on why experimentation beats perfection, creative balance, and the pressure to pick just one thing

Watch now | On battling overthinking, juggling full time work & creative pursuits, treating creative mediums as "languages", and the struggle with…

Jan 21 • Michael Carruthers

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Henry's Mirror

Thought loops, pattern blindness, and why we forget that we forget

Jan 16 • Michael Carruthers

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Happy Quitters Day

I've spent 51 hours doing something I should've just quit

Jan 9 • Michael Carruthers

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Why Getting Lost Might Be Exactly What You Need - Rick Foerster

How Rick went from executive to author, sabbaticals, the wilderness phase, identity crises, and why "doing more" isn’t the answer

Jan 7 • Michael Carruthers

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The New Year's survival guide for creative overthinkers

How I finally started the project I'd been putting off for years

Jan 2 • Michael Carruthers

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December 2025

Rounding up and winding down

Identity traps, meaning matrices, and the entrepreneurial casino

Dec 19, 2025 • Michael Carruthers

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Playing in sandbox mode

A little hack for gaining yourself a "bonus year"

Dec 12, 2025 • Michael Carruthers

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Speak Friend and Enter

What Gandalf and engineering taught me about problem solving

Dec 5, 2025 • Michael Carruthers

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November 2025

I'm launching paid subscriptions (and terrified to do it)

I tell people all the time: start before you’re ready.

Nov 28, 2025 • Michael Carruthers

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Find your weirdos, build your leverage

A single idea that changed how I’m thinking about the coming year

Nov 21, 2025 • Michael Carruthers

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