exitextraction
We are all now navigating an inherent tension as a collective. It’s a tension many of us who documented or studied issues of social inequality, environmental justice or conflict dwelled within for decades. And seeing everyone now trying to process the cognitive dissonance necessary to not lose our minds
alchemy
The beauty of having no more fucks to give.
Newsletter
In 2023, when I was interviewing for my first “corporate” job as a middle aged adult, I spoke of “right livelihood” and a mission driven approach to my work. Interviews with global directors and even the CMO contained that language and they all nodded along. I’d read the company’
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How often do we give ourselves permission to reset our lives? If you’re like me, the idea of wiping out all of the human habits that aren’t so healthy, but often necessary to survive being, well, human, is appealing. Unfortunately, the reality of doing so is not so
alchemy
Yoga Sutra 1.2 and why it matters
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One of the biggest struggles for my yoga practice is the consistency of the practice itself. After leaving school, where I compelteled 1k hours of yoga study and was immersed in the practice every day, I entered corporate tech land and lost the connection to my practice, my breath and
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Labor Day. 2025. I rarely pay attention to holidays. For my early working years, I was employed in leisure industries that usually required working holidays. Labor Day was the goal on those insane summers of sea kayaking and bartending. Memorial Day meant, “buckle up buttercups, here come the tour-ons”
alchemy
Time to put on your yoga pants...
exitextraction
Time to get dirty with a deep dive on how YOU define a "good life".
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One of the beautiful aspects of my work in community building the past few years is working directly with builders around the globe. Understanding how other communities use blockchain to support their families, friends, producers, businesses, non-profits and their overall local economies has been eye opening. And inspiring. And
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And so it begins. The next chapter. What does that actually looks like? Well, I have no fucking idea. I do know that the paths I’ve chosen to travel down, for a multitude of reasons, are no longer viable. Such paths served a purpose and gave me tremendous insights
journalism
History holds a multitude of lessons right now. Labor in the age of AI inundation seems to one of the most relevant and rarely discussed topics. America is facing a fundamental question at this apex of oligarchic restructuring of our social contracts and workforce expectations. The question we face, and