Octopusyarn

Willpower Is for Getting Over the Hump

How I learned to trust past self and care for future self

Sep 24 • Octopusyarn

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You don’t need Fuck You Money you need Fuck You Love

Why more money never made you feel safe

Sep 10 • Octopusyarn

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August 2026

You’re Right About Slop. You’re Wrong About AI Writing.

Writing with and against the machine

Aug 28 • Octopusyarn

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Contact Improvisation with Alfred Adler

An essay about listening, written on the floor

Aug 13 • Octopusyarn

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July 2026

You Are a Type of Guy

How I learned to stop competing and love hot yoga

Jul 30 • Octopusyarn

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Real Democracy Hasn’t Been Tried

Voting is what democracy does when it fails

Jul 16 • Octopusyarn

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Making a Self is Making a God

Why God needs your mistakes

Jul 2 • Octopusyarn

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June 2026

Do it for the plot

Falling into meaning

Jun 18 • Octopusyarn

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Don't Be More Ambitious

Megalomania, done right

Jun 4 • Octopusyarn

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May 2026

Swiping Made You Forget Umami

Markets are tongues

May 21 • Octopusyarn

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A Bro’s Place is the Kitchen

Ashwagandha, Perineum Sunning, and Grandma's Cigarette

May 7 • Octopusyarn

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April 2026

Follow the Resistance

A Crooked Essay on Will

Apr 23 • Octopusyarn and Layman Pascal

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