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Nov 9, 2026
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5 min read
Jon Finkel on sports, fatherhood, and the ways we change without realizing it.
Nov 6, 2026
2 min read
A surprise Kindling newsletter about a barbecue, a bear, and revenge.
Oct 19, 2026
3 min read
You don't have to hate who you were to appreciate who you've become.
Oct 12, 2026
Sometimes you're leading. Sometimes you're following. Usually, you're just being a decent human being.
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Oct 1, 2026
The goal isn’t to keep blowing the whistle. It’s to raise a kid who eventually hears it himself.
Sep 21, 2026
If you want something in your life to change, you eventually have to bear the price of responsibility.
Sep 17, 2026
I didn’t decide to stop going to concerts. Life just filled the space.
Sep 14, 2026
Sometimes the goal gets you farther than you ever would have gone—then convinces you it wasn’t far enough.
Sep 10, 2026
What if the thing you’re disappointed in isn’t the problem—the expectation is?
Sep 7, 2026
Sometimes “Let me know if you need anything” is just a thumbs-up with more words.
Sep 3, 2026
Same song. Different listener. What the music we return to can reveal about the people we've become.
Aug 31, 2026
6 min read
And becoming the dad they need might require changing more than you expected.
Aug 3, 2026
Matt Fogelson on fathers, identity, and the gap between knowing and becoming
Jul 27, 2026
You may be comparing your life to someone who doesn't even exist.
Jul 23, 2026
The older I get, the less convinced I am that the best memories can be scheduled.
Jul 20, 2026
I spent more than a decade convinced I knew how the movie ended. I hadn't even seen the ending.
Jul 13, 2026
The smallest choices have more weight than they seem.
Jul 6, 2026
We have a habit of deciding who people are long before they're done becoming that person
Jul 2, 2026
The goal isn't to predict every problem. It's to become capable enough to face them.
Jun 29, 2026
7 min read
Bryan Falchuk on why real change is sustained by self-worth, honesty, and today’s next choice.
Jun 22, 2026
4 min read
We've become experts at finding answers. The problem is that life's biggest questions still don't come with them.
Jun 18, 2026
Why assuming there will always be another time might be costing us the one we have now.
Jun 11, 2026
Your kids getting taller. Your parents getting older. The photograph didn't change. You did.
Jun 4, 2026
We build entire stories around tiny fragments of incomplete information.
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May 21, 2026
You can spend all day providing for your family and still accidentally give them whatever energy you have left over.
