Tag: Marcus Aurelius

I Stopped Renting My Own Mind (a Dead Emperor Fixed It for Free)

A rented mind never really rests. The going rate for calm is $200 an hour. Marcus Aurelius wrote the manual in a tent, on campaign, and never charged a soul. Some debts never show up on a statement. This is one of them.

A shorter version of this ran on Medium, and there’s a video walkthrough on YouTube if you’d rather watch it than read it.… Read the rest “I Stopped Renting My Own Mind (a Dead Emperor Fixed It for Free)”

The Borrowed Brain

Quick map: this is the long-form essay. There’s a tighter Medium version, a 9-minute video, and a 60-second cut. Read first. The AI-Resistance Self-Assessment link is at the end.

On outsourcing grief, the seven-second window, and what I learned the hard way when I stopped

I want to write about something I have been avoiding writing about for a while, because I am still inside the embarrassment of it.… Read the rest “The Borrowed Brain”