Area of life · 11
Community and belonging beyond one relationship
3 cards in this area, and the writing filed under them.
The rules
What you may have learned
No. 17 · Belonging to something larger than one relationshipThe CollectiveYou may have learned that real belonging is close and small, one best friend, one family, one partner, and that anything wider than that is abstract, a cause rather than a home.→No. 27 · Home and belongingThe HomecomerYou may have learned that home is a place, that belonging should come easily, and that if you haven't found either yet, something is wrong with you specifically.→No. 24 · LonelinessThe WandererYou may have learned that feeling lonely is something to hide, proof that something's specifically wrong with you.→
Writing
Filed under this area
Reflection4 Nov 2025The commons inside usI used to think the tragedy of the commons happened out there, in fisheries and forests. Then I burned out.→Reflection25 Nov 2025What is the economy for?For decades we’ve been told growth is the goal. The better question is growth of what, and for whom, and what the whole thing was meant to serve in the first place.→Essay8 Jul 2025Home and rootsA train from London to Essex, a hollow heart, and the difference between where you live and where you come from.→
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