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Less is not the consolation prize. Less is frequently the medicine.
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Everything Drowned in Olive Oil
My Greek aunt who drowned everything in olive oil, and the love I was too young to read.
Sometimes You Have to Leave
Love, distance, and what you only see once you've left.
 • Elena Koyunseven
Found, Not Hunted
The best things at this age arrive sideways, once you stop chasing them.
 • Elena Koyunseven
Recess
The most useful thing I did all week, I didn't measure
 • Elena Koyunseven
Baba Ganoush
A dish named "spoiled old daddy," two legends nobody can prove, and one stubborn truth about smoke.
Everything Tastes Better Outside, And That Is Reason Enough.
The season does the work.
 • Elena Koyunseven
I've Been Optimistic My Whole Life. That's Not the Point.
People credit my sunny temperament. The real reason I trust the years ahead is something I had to earn.
 • Elena Koyunseven
The World Is Going Gray, and Not the Way You Think
Beige is not neutral. It is conformity in a soft color.
 • Elena Koyunseven
The Last Birthday in My Fifties
And the life nobody prepared us for
You Are Optimizing for a Life You Haven't Decided You Want Yet
Optimizing everything and still missing the point
A Blanket, Some Bread, And An Afternoon That Does The Quiet Work
In defense of the picnic
The Mirror You Stopped Fearing
And the strange, slightly hilarious freedom of no longer giving a damn.
Mediterranean Longevity
Mediterranean Longevity
The antidote to biohacking. Rhythms, natural longevity, and the un-optimized art of living beautifully. Most longevity writing treats you as a project; this one doesn't, because your body is not a machine to be hacked but a life to be lived.
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