The Secret to Life — “If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious you are living in the future. If you are at peace you are living in the present.” ― Lao Tzu The key to remaining sane during and throughout insane times is the conscious ability to adapt…

1 simple trick can change your life — Looking to avoid the jitters that come with your caffeine consumption? Does drinking coffee cause an overwhelming increase in your anxiety or give you excessive panic attacks? Has your love for coffee fallen to the wayside because you’ve expended all other options and just flat-out gave it up? Well, I’ve…

Some small things I’ve learned from the Zinesterverse — To celebrate the release of #CUTCOPYPASTE Volume 3, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the small creative lessons I’ve learned from making art in that medium. I’ve been working on larger, more bookish-related projects recently, but I’m still making zines here and there, and with…

by James Haddon — Back in 2015, when life was less of a whirlwind, a few of my friends and I went 18 rounds in a fantasy football draft over the snapping pssts of beer cans and pungent smell of burnt citronella. I had no idea what I was doing but I played along…

how to better engage your audience — With the rise of digital literature, publishing in all of its modes has evolved tenfold. The form and medium upon which one wishes to share information, knowledge, and entertainment has changed a long way since the early days of the printing press. Editing, thus, has also traveled a long way…

with links! — A complete list of books and media, with links, mentioned in Tao Lin’s 2021 novel, Leave Society (in no particular order or context). I logged them as I encountered them during my first read-through. This is meant to complement Lin’s own list for “Going Off The Grid” featured in Document…

A Reading Log — Over the course of these last few years, I’ve been careful to make a habit out of logging all the books I read. It started in 2017 with a physical notebook and has since evolved into this annual recap I post to Betterism each December. This year I surpassed my…

How Leaders Make Better Decisions — How willing are you to face the Gom Jabbar? To prove your humanity in the face of peril? To hold and use the sacred crysknife when necessary? Can you lead yourself and others beyond that of entropic impulsivity? …