Make Saints

We're obsessed with static ideas about people, age groups, and the youth. Here's why we get it all completely wrong. 

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The pursuit of understanding isn’t the same as accumulating knowledge for one’s personal benefit. The desire to accumulate is destructive.

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The thing about making resolutions is that we act like we actually will get everything right the first time—so let's get good at restarting.

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The success of New Year's resolutions depends on our mindset and how we approach living out our values in the world.

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Atomic Habits by James Clear

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When everybody is looking for a leader, we must recognize first that we are leaders, and second, what it means to be led.

You'll definitely want to read Seth Godin's book
The Song of Significance

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Celebrating the whole Christmas season when the world is ready to move on continues to be a truly subversive activity.

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Christmas is most famously the happiest time of the year. But our tradition offers us another side: why we need it to be.

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(and what to do about it)

There's a reason we can't focus. And why the people around us are acting weird. And have been. Here's why and what we can do.
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Books I mention

A World Without Email: Reimagining Work in an Age of Communication Overload
By Cal Newport

Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—And How to Think Deeply Again
By Johann Hari

Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto
By Tricia Hersey

Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
By Katherine May

Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
By Oliver Burkeman

Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
By Jenny Odell

And...
The series of interviews with Corey Doctorow by "On The Media"

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Many treat the month of December like it's the Christmas season. But it's another season: Advent. We should embrace that confusion.

Here are links to things I mentioned this week:

• Advent Conspiracy
• Diana Bass’s column about war, Christmas, and Advent

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How we greet each other in the digital age is being dissected in ways that pull us out of our place. Let's explore what it means to be.

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