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Guest post: Pathoadolescence in our culture and in my home
Grappling with our desperate need to consume
Jan 14
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Guest post: Money avoidance as spiritual bypass
Learning to live my life in this world, money and all
Jan 6
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Best gift ever
Don't substitute money for meaning. Give yourself into the gift.
Dec 18, 2025
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The end of scarcity? part 2
What to do when you realize the calls are coming from inside the house
Dec 10, 2025
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Doing nothing part xiii: just rolling with the homies
Letting go of the transactional life
Dec 1, 2025
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Douglas Tsoi
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Doing nothing part xii: putting rest the center
What is core to your weekly rhythms?
Nov 24, 2025
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Douglas Tsoi
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The end of scarcity, part 1
The outer game: having anything we want in the age of disordered desire
Nov 13, 2025
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Guest post: A Year for Simplicity
Living in a culture of too much
Nov 8, 2025
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We are the economy
SNAP benefits, mystical stoicism, and nonviolent noncompliance with that which does not serve you.
Oct 30, 2025
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Participate in thankfulness
Saying grace. And participating in it.
Oct 10, 2025
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Douglas Tsoi
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The AI post
A sprawling essay about bullshit jobs, bullshit desires, and belonging
Sep 19, 2025
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The Hunger
Tending to the thing that causes us to eat ourselves. Knowing what's behind the mask.
Sep 4, 2025
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There's always a better towel
But the choice is less time
Aug 26, 2025
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Douglas Tsoi
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Wealth and the spiritual journey
A lot of things here, but ultimately how would you spend $200,000 a year to create the world you want to live in?
Aug 11, 2025
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Money and Meaning
Musings on the intersection of personal finance and spirituality from Douglas Tsoi, a spiritual director and founder of the School of Financial Freedom.
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