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10 Books on the Dark (and Light) Side of Obsession
My favorite reads on the blurry line between loving your craft and losing yourself.
Dec 21, 2025
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In Defense of Impractical Passions
The Case for Doing Things Just Because You Love Them
Nov 23, 2025
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When Self-Care Isn’t Enough
Why Finding Passion — Not Just Slowing Down — Can Pull You Out of a Rut
Sep 23, 2025
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How to Make Friends with a Passion
Oct 6, 2024
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The Passion Discovery Checklist
Feb 9, 2025
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7 Lessons for a Passion-Filled Life
Dec 15, 2024
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Open to a Spark
Nov 10, 2024
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The Highs and Lows of Passionate Living
Dec 1, 2024
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Once a Pickle, Never a Cucumber
Jan 12, 2025
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The Awkward Middle
Why Passion Always Gets Hard — And Why That’s a Good Sign
Sep 12, 2025
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The Lightning Bolt Myth
What We Get Wrong About “Finding” Passion
Aug 21, 2025
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I’ve Interviewed 80+ Passionate People. These 10 Lessons Changed Me the Most.
What I learned after a year and a half of asking what lights people up — and how they keep the fire alive.
Jun 11, 2025
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Why Aliveness Matters Now
A behind-the-scenes series on building an aliveness movement from the Human Aliveness Lab
May 23, 2025
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How to Engineer an Obsession
Why passion requires a different toolkit than a standard New Year's resolution.
Jan 5
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The On Fire Best of 2025: A User Manual for Caring Deeply
The year's top essays on why "balance" is a trap and how to find your obsession.
Dec 29, 2025
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10 Books on the Dark (and Light) Side of Obsession
My favorite reads on the blurry line between loving your craft and losing yourself.
Dec 21, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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The Entry Fee for Passion Is Feeling Stupid
When the Need to Be 'Good' Keeps You From Feeling Alive
Dec 8, 2025
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When Passion Makes You Feel Like an Outsider
The isolation of caring deeply — and why it’s also how you find your people.
Nov 30, 2025
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Dispatches
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How Passion Erases the Generation Gap
The specific magic of disconnecting your social circle from your birth year.
Jan 11
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The Secret Society of Passion
From Bourdain’s kitchens to the jiu-jitsu mats: The beauty of being "weird" together.
Dec 14, 2025
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You Can’t Fake Fascination
You know it’s passion when you can’t stop thinking about the details.
Nov 9, 2025
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The Seasons of Passion
On wintering, rest, and learning to trust the cycles of passion
Oct 31, 2025
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Profiles
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The Easiest Way to Make Friends as an Adult
Find Something You Love — And Do it With Other People
Oct 12, 2025
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When Passion Comes First
Caprice Hogg on Designing a Life Around Her Art
Aug 12, 2025
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A Happy Struggle
Mary Flower and the Joy of Flow
Mar 16, 2025
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Creating Worlds, Together
Matt Conant and Lauren Cipollo and their Passion for Sci-Fi
Mar 2, 2025
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Lost in Murakami's World
Salih Yayar and His Passion for Haruki Murakami
Feb 16, 2025
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For the Love of It
David Ford and His Passion for Book Collecting
Feb 4, 2025
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A Presidential Quest
Louis Picone and His Passion for America’s Presidents
Dec 8, 2024
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A Quiet Obsession
David Eddington and His Passion for Painting
Nov 17, 2024
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