I didn't consciously make any resolutions or even set goals for 2026, aside from the goal of survival, but looking through my journal, there is a pervasive theme running through the notes around this time...



Ekpyrosis - a Stoic belief in the periodic destruction (and renewal) of the cosmos
Some interesting stuff regarding the Fourth Turning and a bunch of other converging cycles in this pod:

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It really is vital to take the time to grieve your dead dreams, hopes and illusions. Those deaths, while far more abstract than the actual death of a loved one, are no less real. In some sense, they are even more real, as they are the parts of ourselves we need to say goodbye to, and let go of, in order to properly move on. If we don’t, then we carry those invisible corpses with us wherever we go, slowing us down, making us bitter, resentful and sad.
