The Deliberate is a periodic newsletter written by me, Sam Spurlin. It’s an exploration of what it means to live deliberately in a world where that seems increasingly difficult to do. If you care about attention, simplicity, personal development, positive psychology, organization design, and the weird intersections that cut across all these topics, I think you’ll like it. Not sure? Check out the complete archives below.
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2022
- Mar 22, 2022 The Deliberate #55: What ever happened to that book proposal, anyway? Mar 22, 2022
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2021
- Dec 31, 2021 The Deliberate #54: 2021 In Review Dec 31, 2021
- Dec 7, 2021 The Deliberate #53: 2021 State of the Tools Dec 7, 2021
- Nov 20, 2021 The Deliberate #52: On Traveling Lightly Nov 20, 2021
- Nov 13, 2021 The Deliberate #51: Post-Sabbatical Life Nov 13, 2021
- Sep 29, 2021 The Deliberate #50: Book Proposal Sep 29, 2021
- Aug 7, 2021 The Deliberate #49: In Praise of the Deliberate Administrative Task Aug 7, 2021
- Aug 6, 2021 The Deliberate #48: Striving for Coherence Aug 6, 2021
- Jun 4, 2021 The Deliberate #47: Why so serious? Jun 4, 2021
- Apr 5, 2021 The Deliberate #46: When Invisible Expectations Strike Apr 5, 2021
- Mar 27, 2021 The Deliberate #45: Zen and the Art of Being Just a Little Bit Sick Mar 27, 2021
- Mar 13, 2021 The Deliberate #44: Trying Harder Doesn't Work Mar 13, 2021
- Mar 6, 2021 The Deliberate #43: Creating Routine Mar 6, 2021
- Feb 27, 2021 The Deliberate #42: Clubhouse FOMO Feb 27, 2021
- Feb 20, 2021 The Deliberate #41: Twitter Feb 20, 2021
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2020
- Dec 29, 2020 The Deliberate #40: Good Riddance Dec 29, 2020
- Nov 24, 2020 The Deliberate 39: Frivolous Nov 24, 2020
- Sep 6, 2020 The Deliberate #38: Clearing the Decks Sep 6, 2020
- Jun 8, 2020 The Deliberate #37: The Privilege of Extra Unused Attention Jun 8, 2020
- May 31, 2020 The Deliberate #36: Exploring the Hard Reset May 31, 2020
- May 20, 2020 The Deliberate #35: A Checklist For When You Feel Bad But You Want to Stop Feeling Bad May 20, 2020
- May 5, 2020 The Deliberate #34: Making Space to Write May 5, 2020
- Apr 22, 2020 The Deliberate #33: Extracting Some Insights From a Down Week Apr 22, 2020
- Apr 13, 2020 The Deliberate #32: Bottom-Up Personal Development Apr 13, 2020
- Apr 5, 2020 The Deliberate #31: Sitting & Writing & Quarantining Apr 5, 2020
- Mar 29, 2020 The Deliberate #30: Things Fall Apart Mar 29, 2020
- Mar 7, 2020 The Deliberate #29: Digital Declutter (2020 Edition) Mar 7, 2020
- Feb 3, 2020 The Deliberate #28: How to Engage with An Overwhelming World Feb 3, 2020
- Jan 12, 2020 The Deliberate #27 Jan 12, 2020
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2019
- Dec 31, 2019 The Deliberate #26 Dec 31, 2019
- Nov 24, 2019 The Deliberate #25 Nov 24, 2019
- Oct 13, 2019 The Deliberate #24 Oct 13, 2019
- Sep 29, 2019 The Deliberate #23 Sep 29, 2019
- Sep 19, 2019 The Deliberate #22 Sep 19, 2019
- Sep 2, 2019 The Deliberate #21 Sep 2, 2019
- Aug 17, 2019 The Deliberate #20 Aug 17, 2019
- Aug 3, 2019 The Deliberate #19 Aug 3, 2019
- Jul 25, 2019 The Deliberate #18 Jul 25, 2019
- Jul 13, 2019 The Deliberate #17 Jul 13, 2019
- Jun 24, 2019 The Deliberate #16 Jun 24, 2019
- Jun 15, 2019 The Deliberate #15 Jun 15, 2019
- May 28, 2019 The Deliberate #14 May 28, 2019
- May 12, 2019 The Deliberate #13 May 12, 2019
- May 5, 2019 The Deliberate #12 May 5, 2019
- Apr 28, 2019 The Deliberate #11 Apr 28, 2019
- Apr 6, 2019 The Deliberate #10 Apr 6, 2019
- Mar 22, 2019 The Deliberate #9: Unfiltered email is bad for your health Mar 22, 2019
- Mar 16, 2019 The Deliberate #8: Beyond workism as we currently know it Mar 16, 2019
- Mar 9, 2019 The Deliberate #7: I lost my luggage so apparently also my deliberate attention Mar 9, 2019
- Mar 5, 2019 The Deliberate #6: The sharpening of attention through potential pain Mar 5, 2019
- Feb 19, 2019 The Deliberate #5: Stigmergy and the Deliberate Use of Attention Feb 19, 2019
- Feb 4, 2019 The Deliberate #4 Feb 4, 2019
- Jan 28, 2019 The Deliberate #3 Jan 28, 2019
- Jan 20, 2019 The Deliberate #2 Jan 20, 2019
- Jan 12, 2019 The Deliberate #1: Welcome To The Deliberate! Jan 12, 2019