Welcome to becoming | more myself where I rewrite modern narratives around the ways we live, work, and play.
I write to reimagine what it means to become more human, to live a meaningful life and to grapple with what human flourishing means in the 21st century. I explore themes centered around finding peace in our inner world and actualizing our full expression in our outer world.
My intention is to inspire conversations around how to find our way towards a life that overflows with unbridled curiosity, wonder, and agency. To flourish is to be deeply connected with our intuition and driven by cleanly fueled ambition in pursuit of actualizing our fullest self-expression. This is my effort in dreaming up that world with you and inviting us each to come home to ourselves.
Here’s the full archive of my writing to date:
introspection, ambition, and agency
essays on becoming more ourselves
A lifetime of should-ing: the case for an existential crisis
What fuels your ambition?: on the transition to clean fuel
You won't grind your way to aliveness: a lesson in following our intuition
On giving up control: cultivating self-trust and de-optimizing our lives
Thank you for triggering me: shining a light on the ways we're not free
Life is a series of experiments: it ebbs and flows and comes and goes
Dancing with our shadows: awakening the unconscious
Role playing your way to a new identity: alter egos, experimentation, and learning curves
The mourning of a new dawn: on dancing with joy and the whispers of grief
Slowing down to speed up: making way for the consequential
Trading goal setting for identity aligning: take a stand for your identity
Atlas for the inward bound: a Christmas gift and reflections on an annual tradition
Introspection through written word: a collection of essays for turning inward
Human Aigency
a series investigating human agency and finding our humanity in the age of AI
Human AIgency: on becoming more human in the age of AI: and an update on this newsletter
Conversations with our unconscious: using AI to make sense of our dreams
flourishing in the 21st century
experiments in connecting with our intuition and coming home to ourselves
Grappling with the big questions: cultures of agency, flourishing communities & institutions, AI & self-expression
Rest is for the dead and other misconceptions about worthiness: a prelude to the tech sabbath
Renegotiating our relationship with technology: on returning back to ourselves
Going news sober: on unplugging from the news cycle in pursuit of connection
In pursuit of our inhibitions: the courage to live in our (sober) truth
Nervous System Mastery: the art of interoception: a pre-requisite to being human
A Call to Eudaimonia: experimenting our way towards flourishing in the 21st century
Know Thyself: AI & the quest towards our truth
Our modern (content) diet: food for thought
relationships, partnerships, and communities
essays on love, friendships, and being seen
Finding your Aristotelian friends: beyond platonic friendships
The annual partnership retreat: a weekend that makes the heart grow fonder
reflections on coming alive
essays on being moved by the life we have the privilege to live
Speedrunning aliveness: lessons from the natural world
I hate cold water and other reasons why I run into the sea: the case for starting the month with a hard thing
Year of doing the damn thing: on riding the new year energy
26.2 miles of solitude and aliveness: reflections on avoidance, meaning, and meeting myself
Finding peace in 10 days of silence: surrendering to equanimity
Hard things, good people: life on the edge
Come alive in Banff National Park: a photo essay itinerary of sorts
modern work & self-expression
a collection of notes on our relationship with work, the state of modern work, and self-expression
Finding our good work in the marble: redefining work and giving voice to our intuition
Introducing Work & Self-Expression: Cissy’s sabbatical field notes
Who we are without work: an exploration on identity
Some practical thoughts on diversifying our identity: the search for meaning beyond work
The art of self-expression: surrendering to your game
How to sabbatical: the inner workings of the in between
6 months of surrendering to the unknown: reflections on the four stages of sabbaticaling
Knowledge work as an emotional act: an integrated approach to emotions, work, and productivity
Emotions in motion: a tactical guide to embracing your emotions while working
cultural identities and family scripts
essays on reclaiming our cultural shadows, bridging our identity between two worlds, and co-creating new dynamics with our family
May I be excused from these old family dynamics?: home for the holidays
Finding home between two worlds: growing up yellow in a black and white world
The unraveling of old family scripts: on breaking generational cycles
How to travel with your parents and not lose your shit: a guide to surviving (and thriving on) your next family trip
Elevating AAPI voices: a compilation of essays & a directory of writers
The power of representation: you can't be what you can't see
self musings
occasional life updates
Some life updates: studying the science of flourishing and building a modern town square
Monthly Musings: March edition: a 3-day meditation retreat, tech sabbaths, and farmers markets
More Myself is getting a glow up: Introducing A Call to Eudaimonia and I’m writing a book (!)
49 Feelings of San Francisco: learning to come alive and be still
Annual recalibration: 2023 edition: looking back to propel forward (2022 edition)
I’m grateful to have you here. If we haven’t had a chance to connect, I’d love to hear from you — introduce yourself and say hello in the comments :) You can also find me on Twitter.
This is a wonderful resource! I enjoy your writing so much and I look forward to perusing this collection to enjoy what I’ve missed!