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How to Be Yourselves

These are posts from my newsletter about all the ways human beings are more than just one thing at a time. Expect partswork, reflections on news and culture, incitements to curiosity, and other Ash-type stuff.

New year, same you! 🎉 Some plural anti-resolutions for a mellower start to so-called 2024

New year, same you! 🎉 Some plural anti-resolutions for a mellower start to so-called 2024

The beginning of a new year can be an exhausting period of anxious urgency that ends, predictably, in failure and remorse. How unpleasant! Here are some ways that living more plurally can help you feel more comfy at the beginning of the arbitrary slice of time we call “2024.”

An image of the year laid out in a grid, with 12 drawings of complex objects with faces arranged across the mont

Join me in a Year of Living Plurally

In 2024, some friends and I are trying an experiment in bucking American individualism: a “Year of Living Plurally.” Every week or so, I’m going to share some reflections about how multiplicity, diversity, and community show up in our daily lives and the culture around us. Want to come along?