KISS Friday - 31 Jan, 2025

Reads from awesome Substack writers

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Jan 31, 2025

Every Friday, I’ll be showcasing some fine works from Substack writers on different topics.

Handpicked by yours truly.

Send me your recommendations if you want to be featured!

🚴‍♂️Experience

Intranet from the Trenches

My Personal Journey to Developer Motivation

One afternoon, I felt like I had nothing to do. All my emails were answered, I finished all my work on Azure DevOps, and even the code I had to review was done. The cursor kept blinking on my screen, showing that I wasn't doing anything. Even though I finished my emails, answered messages, and cleaned up my computer, I still felt like I had nothing to d…

5 months ago · 3 likes · 4 comments · Jaime López

Make Pure Thy Heart

27 sentences that will liberate you a lot quicker than an ayahuasca retreat

1. It is okay to let go of what no longer serves you…

5 months ago · 20 likes · 4 comments · Paolo Peralta

Transform To Wellness with Holistic Nurse Kathleen

Relieve Hand Pain, Revive Your Passion—Fast and Easy

Our hands aren’t just tools—they’re extensions of who we are. We create with them, connect through them, and rely on them to get through every single day…

5 months ago · 14 likes · 15 comments · Kathleen Thorne RN, LMT

🪁Storytelling

Shedding the Old, Embracing the New: Reflections on a Pivotal Year

As I approach my 51st birthday, just 30 days away, I find myself in a place of deep reflection. This past year, my 50th, has been a time of monumental change and self-discovery. I moved from Utah to Hawaii, leaving behind my adult children, an incredible community, and what felt like a giant security blanket…

5 months ago · 4 likes · 1 comment · Alicia Joyful

Moses Got a Bush; You’ve Got the Internet

Once upon a desert, Moses stumbled upon a miracle: a bush ablaze, speaking destiny into his life…

5 months ago · 9 likes · 6 comments · Krspeace

Is the Glass Half-Empty or Half-Full?

The classic question, isn't it? The one that seems to pop up in conversations more than it probably should, like a riddle that never quite gets solved. When life hands you that glass, is it half-full, half-empty, or is it just a glass that’s neither here nor there, simply existing? On the surface, it seems simple enough—just a question of perspective…

5 months ago · 10 likes · 4 comments · Tid_Talks

🎼Creativity

Reclaiming Creativity

Creating in a Crisis

We find ourselves in a place we never imagined, facing a difficult diagnosis for a well-loved family member. We are in that terribly anxious place between diagnosis and knowing what the treatment plan is…

5 months ago · 21 likes · 14 comments · Jo

Interview #27: The art of Jérémie Almanza

* Note to my Italian friends: Clicca (QUI) per leggere l’intervista in italiano…

6 months ago · 21 likes · for ARTISTS

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

Prompt 321. Moondancing After Midnight

5 months ago · 554 likes · 132 comments · Suleika Jaouad

🧲 TL;DR - Top rave

Departing the New York Times

As many people reading this know, last month I retired from my position as an opinion writer at the New York Times—a job I had done for 25 years. Despite the encomiums issued by the Times, it was not a happy departure. If you check out my Substack, you will see that I have by no means run out of energy or topics to write about. But from my perspective, …

5 months ago · 10043 likes · 400 comments · Paul Krugman

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Thank you very much for the shoutout!!!

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Kathleen Thorne RN, LMT

Moon, thank you for the shout out and it looks like there’s a lot of good reading and publications. I would’ve never seen without this 🙏

Appreciate your support and everything that you do.

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