Playing in sandbox mode

A little hack for gaining yourself a "bonus year"

16 hrs ago • Michael Carruthers

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Speak Friend and Enter

What Gandalf and engineering taught me about problem solving

Dec 5 • 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 • 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 • Michael Carruthers

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How interesting

Two words that shift you from judgment to curiosity

Nov 14

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A choice you get to make every day

Pick and mix, learn or leave

Nov 7 • Michael Carruthers

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October 2025

The meaning we find later

Dusting off the archives and remembering why we make things

Oct 31 • Michael Carruthers

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Accidentally on purpose

On letting things happen instead of making them happen & the first community spotlight!

Oct 24 • Michael Carruthers

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Kill the dream, make the sausage

I can’t watch a YouTube video the same way anymore.

Oct 17 • Michael Carruthers

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How I actually get things done

Chaotically organised systems for progress

Oct 10 • Michael Carruthers

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What if you don't go all in?

What I learned about building a sustainable creative practise from a successful YouTuber & hyperpolyglot

Oct 3 • Michael Carruthers

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September 2025

The Law of Creative Ruts

Creative energy, accessible art, and unhinged sensors

Sep 26 • Michael Carruthers

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