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... wrote Carl Sagan about the Pale Blue Dot photograph in 1994. Over thirty years later, writer Brennan Kenneth Brown reflects on ‘Hello, World,’ the awe-inspiring photograph recently released by NASA.

“When the photograph erases borders, it also, if we are not careful, erases the specific,” Brown writes. “It flatters us into a unity that has not been earned, that has in fact been purchased at enormous cost to people whose names we do not say when we look at the glowing sphere.”

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“Who knows how many great writers were on the cusp of breaking through when they quit?” John P. Weiss examines the pernicious role of doubt in “This Is the Worst Enemy to Creativity.” Read it on Medium at the link in our bio.

Looking for ways to reduce screen time? In “10 Things To Do In The Evening Instead Of Watching Netflix,” Aleid ter Weel offers some habits you can kick off later today. Read the story at the link in our bio.

How do you decide what’s true? In “How to Use the Socratic Method in Your Own Life,” John Polonis reaches way, way back in time for the “best method for discovering truth and stimulating critical thinking.” Get ready to ask some questions. Link in bio.

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In “18 Cheat Codes to Life, to Put You 10 Years Ahead of 90% of People,” Olly J shares some powerful mindsets and habits, including one he calls Default to Action: “If you’re ever stuck between thinking or acting — act.”

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“When you’re one resume in a stack of 1000, you’re playing a terrible numbers game,” explains Mindaugas Petrutis in “The career game you didn’t know you were playing.” Thankfully, there’s another way. It involves putting yourself out there. Link in bio.

“To declutter your life, you have to say NO more often.” @ryanholiday walks us through his process of eliminating the inessential in his piece “How I’m Decluttering My Life This Spring.” (It works in the summer too.) Find the story in our bio.

“Writing is good for us. Writing is human. There is nothing that makes someone a writer and someone else not a writer other than the act of writing.” Sarah Olson gives the pep talk we all need in “Some Advice For Young Writers.” Full story in bio.

“Clinging to joy makes it slip away.” In “What If You Didn’t Need to Feel Better to Live Better?” Steven C. Hayes writes about the twin traps of chasing happiness and avoiding unpleasant feelings. Full story in our bio.

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