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Would You Know If You Were One Jenga Block From Toppling?
Your capacity is finite, and the hardest call is pulling a block out on purpose before the whole tower comes down.
17 hrs ago
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David Eedle
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Men Need to Be Touched
A hug can do a lonely man a lot of good, as long as the person on the other end wants it too.
Nov 9
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David Eedle
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Why Getting What You Wanted Doesn't Last
The lift from reaching a milestone fades faster than most of us expect, and time with other people seems to be one of the few things that holds up.
Nov 4
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David Eedle
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Why Do Men Lose Their Friends in Midlife?
Work, marriage, and kids quietly take over the roles our friendships used to fill, and most of us only notice once one of them moves.
Nov 3
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David Eedle
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October 2026
A Silly Mission Is the Easiest Way to Talk to a Stranger
On the worst laundromat in New York, the old excuse that we wouldn't know what to say, and why a ridiculous mission makes it easier to talk to people we…
Oct 28
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David Eedle
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I'm Feeling Glum: When Life's Small Loads Pile Up.
On a slow shoulder recovery, a rego paid twice, a world that feels a bit grim, and the friends who turn up for lunch anyway.
Oct 26
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David Eedle
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Have You Ever Been Told You're Too Much?
On the apology text, the urge to leave before you're left, and the difference between being too much and being too much for one person on one day.
Oct 21
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David Eedle
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Hardware v Software: The One Item Missing From Jimmy Carr’s List
A divorced man asked a comedian about mental health. The answer was better than most men get all year, but I think the list was missing one item.
Oct 19
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David Eedle
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Having Something to Do Matters More Than You Think
Why losing the small, ordinary jobs in a day can hurt more than being alone.
Oct 14
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David Eedle
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When Cleaning Your Teeth Sucks
Five weeks after shoulder surgery, on relearning the small stuff left-handed, the nights on the couch, and why progress is so hard to see from the…
Oct 12
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David Eedle
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What an AI Companion Can and Can't Do for Loneliness
From ELIZA to ChatGPT, what the research says about talking to a machine when there's no one else to talk to.
Oct 7
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David Eedle
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I Told My Doctor It Was Just Stress
My skin got months of treatment. The loneliness underneath it got filed under stress.
Oct 5
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David Eedle
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