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Each edition features a framework, mental model, or concept that helps people build a non-linear life.
A non-linear life, in which you pursue several things intentionally, isn't a compromise. It's where meaning and fulfilment come from.
But it's easy to feel scattered, behind, and overwhelmed.
This newsletter aims to help you feel less alone and gives you permission to do things differently.
It also gives you specific language for what you are feeling and concrete exercises to help plan your day, week, or year.
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Everything here comes from 700+ hours coaching and 30+ years of leading a non-linear life.
All editions end with something small you can try this week and put it to work immediately.
Written by a human who cares. No generic prompts, no ChatGPT emoji lists.
Hey, I'm Adam. I spent years living across the world, building a non-linear life, pursuing multiple interests, without realising it.
I loved a lot of it. I worked in arts and film as a producer, led journalism and technology at Storyful and News Corp, ran a nonprofit at the European Journalism Centre, and spent years fundraising for causes I believed in, raising over $30m and distributing more than $15m in grants along the way.
But when I became a father at 40, after a five-year IVF journey, I needed a way to actually work out what mattered (what I loved, what I was good at, what the world needed, what would keep the lights on) instead of just feeling pulled in six directions at once.
And I realised I’d drifted away from doing things that sustained me - writing, music, filmmaking, and running - in order to serve a professional identity that didn't really fit.
So I started writing this newsletter to work it out in public, one concept at a time.
These days I'm a writer, coach, adviser, YouTuber, ambient musician, trail runner, and father. I'm always working on several things at once, on purpose, and I've found a way to keep them in balance.
Everything here comes from that, plus 700+ hours coaching people living exactly this kind of life, from founders and non-profit leaders to published authors, musicians, and creators.