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Journal
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Mortality as a Teacher
What the awareness of an ending does to the ordinary day.
Theme
Mortality
Living with the awareness of an ending.
A small gathering so far. There are other paths through the journal below.
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Writings in this theme
Reflection
On Mortality as a Compass
To keep the fact of an ending in view is not morbid; it is clarifying. When I hold the finiteness of things honestly, the day reorganises it...
Recent writings
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Midnight Note
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Close the Notebook
Whatever you are trying to solve tonight will look different after sleep. Not smaller, necessarily — clearer. Close the notebook. Morning ha...
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Reflection
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
On the Difference Between Motion and Progress
Busyness is the most comfortable substitute for progress, because from the inside the two feel nearly identical. Both fill the hours. Both p...
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The Morning Oracle
Richard Nkwenti
@TheEmperor ·
Begin with the Day You Have
You did not choose this particular morning, but you get to choose what you bring to it. Not the perfect version of yourself — the actual one...