Ends in Mind

The Problem with "Optimizing" Our Lives

The danger in seeing the totality of our lives as something to be "optimized" or "solved" as opposed to experienced, and a suggestion for pushing…

Mar 28 • 

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A Life Update and the Beginning of a New Season

On entering a new season of life and a "pitch" for my novel-in-progress.

Mar 20 • 

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February 2025

Herr Director!

Story published in Adelaide Literary Magazine.

Feb 20 • 

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Honey Bee

Story published in The Saturday Evening Post.

Feb 20 • 

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Phantom Limb

Story published in Dappled Things that received an Honorable Mention for the J.F. Powers Prize for Short Fiction.

Feb 20 • 

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The Challenge of Being (Fiercely) Objective About Reality

On my goal of being fiercely objective about reality, so that in seeing reality as it is, I might respond to it with grace.

Feb 13 • 

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January 2025

Writing Updates and New Year's Resolution

My writing-related updates and 2025 commitment to writing regularly for this newsletter.

Jan 16 • 

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January 2024

ChatGPT’s Corrosion of the Classroom

AI denies student writers the chance to connect.

Jan 19, 2024 • 

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September 2023

Fumbling Toward the Fulfillment of Our Desires

What are we to make of the types of desires that we often build lives around, such as the pursuit of our life’s work or commitment to a spouse? Are…

Sep 29, 2023 • 

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June 2023

Migrations of the Holy Into the Workplace

The religious impulse will likely continue to find a partial outlet in the workplace—one of the few opportunities for social participation still…

Jun 1, 2023 • 

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May 2023

What's Wrong with the Enneagram

No matter how sophisticated we become at categorizing human beings, there will always be aspects to us that remain unknowable and irreducible.

May 9, 2023 • 

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February 2023

Convenience and Ease at the Cost of Freedom?

There is no doubt this type of algorithm-using technology holds the potential to make our lives better, but it’s worth minding just how much power we…

Feb 11, 2023 • 

Christopher Hazell