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The ten things I'm most proud to have said in 2025
Select essays from my first calendar year of Substacking
Jan 1
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Jordan Call
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It's time we split Christmas into two different days
We've got a classic problem of scope creep and it's time we separated our two goals and addressed them individually
Dec 24, 2025
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Jordan Call
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I want to write a bad book. Here are my three top ideas right now.
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Nov 28, 2025
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Jordan Call
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Help your wife with the Christmas cards, my guy
A letter to my past self that might be useful to your present self
Nov 19, 2025
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Jordan Call
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Why is it so hard to text people back?
A piece that is actually about framing
Nov 14, 2025
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Jordan Call
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How to build a home online - and why
Cutting the ribbon on my personal website
Nov 13, 2025
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Jordan Call
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What if you could see just five minutes into the future?
What would be the price tag on a crystal ball?
Nov 11, 2025
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Jordan Call
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The world premiere of "Glam Tip Gone Wrong"
Plus a genuine human cover of an AI soundtrack (freewrite #2)
Nov 8, 2025
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Jordan Call
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Principled thinkers are doomed to fail
A lasagna-inspired lament of an aspiring principled thinker
Nov 6, 2025
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Jordan Call
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Hang out with me in my pajamas
A freewrite - #1
Oct 31, 2025
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Jordan Call
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I'm pretty sure there's such a thing as vice signaling
And "virtue signaling" is also a useful concept (unfortunately)
Oct 30, 2025
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Jordan Call
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Taking the Pathless traveled by
Reviewing Paul Millerd's The Pathless Path
Oct 27, 2025
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Jordan Call
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POV: You’re an ex-lawyer, full-time father, ambitious creative, and person of faith, exploring what it means to Fare Well in this life—and getting a little closer with every essay! (Or possibly farther away. Hard to say.)
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