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This is a newsletter about how to live your best, most creative life.

Every few weeks or so, I'll send you a personal essay with actionable thoughts on growing as a human, together with seven things I found inspiring - from across art and design, technology, philosophy and personal growth.

I’m excited to share these stories with you which have inspired many others:

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About the author

I’m a designer who writes. I’ve designed user experiences for Fortune 100 companies, unicorn startups, big-tech companies, and non-profits. Helping people in their creative and personal development is my passion, and I’ve done so since 2016 for ~200k readers.

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