flâneur

talking to Sasha Chapin about unconventional career paths and lessons in love

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Happy Sunday! I recently had to chance to sit down with my friend Sasha, who is, among many other things, an author, entrepreneur, Twitter celebrity, and meditator whose Substack I love. Some beautiful excerpts from Sasha on the podcast: “I think I have given up on having one character arc or being able to make sense of it all as a unity. I'm trying to get lost in whatever work presents itself on a given day, and if it doesn't add up to anything coherent, that's fine.” “One thing I'm trying to do as I get older is to get a more accurate sense for the way my personality and my approach to people distorts situations. Rather than trying to read people based on how I interact with them, I consider [their behavior] a sort of blending between my personality and the world.” “People often assess someone they're thinking about dating in terms of who they are right now. They take a snapshot of the amount of money somebody's making or where they're living and even what their temperament is like d

0:00 -54:49 Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Happy Sunday! I recently had to chance to sit down with my friend Sasha, who is, among many other things, an author, entrepreneur, Twitter celebrity, and meditator whose Substack I love. Some beautiful excerpts from Sasha on the podcast: “I think I have given up on having one character arc or being able to make sense of it all as a unity. I'm trying to get lost in whatever work presents itself on a given day, and if it doesn't add up to anything coherent, that's fine.” “One thing I'm trying to do as I get…

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