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Chris Guillebeau

Portland
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Writer and lifelong social distancer. 🤷🏼‍♂️ Author of THE ART OF NON-CONFORMITY and host of daily podcast Side Hustle School.
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What Would Your Other Life Be?

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By Chris Guillebeau
| A Year of Mental Health
One of my favorite icebreaker questions is “If you could have a totally different life and career, what would you choose?” It’s a fun thought exercise, and almost everyone has an answer. (Some people know right away, and others have to ponder for a few minutes—but eventually they know.) For me, a few answers come to mind. In one other life, I’d be a magician—a mentalist, specifically. I’ve always liked magic, especially the deeply moving performance art made by some of the best mentalists.
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In Pursuit of Ordinary Unhappiness

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By Chris Guillebeau
| A Year of Mental Health
I am highly susceptible to the theory that life has settings. Give me a variable and I’ll adjust it. Change the morning routine. Quit the bad project. Take a walk. Move to another city. Try a new sauna. Sometimes, this “fix it” mindset works well! See something, do something. Change your behavior to change your perspective. It also makes a certain amount of sense, at least at a basic level. If you have a terrible diet and never exercise, you’re not going to feel great.
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šŸŒ» A Year of Mental Health

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By Chris Guillebeau
| A Year of Mental Health
Shoutout to Emily McDowell for designing all of the images in my latest book, Time Anxiety. (See @EmilyMcDowell on Substack and elsewhere) Hereā€™s a thing my brain does. Iā€™ll send a messageā€”an email, a text, a voice mailā€”and then Iā€™ll wait. While I wait, I decide the delay means something. I was too blunt. Or not warm enough. The other person is annoyed. Theyā€™re rethinking the whole relationship.
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