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The Importance of Wasting Time

In a culture that preaches capitalizing on every single moment, wasting time can provide peace and relief

The Importance of Wasting Time

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Sep 4, 2024

Goodbye, Atomic Habits

The overlooked problems with building healthy habits

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Sep 2, 2023

The Book That Ended My YouTube Addiction

5 curated lessons on dopamine, pain, and pleasure from Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke.

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Oct 26, 2025

You Don’t Need to Love Yourself

Maybe you just need to stop being your own worst enemy

You Don’t Need to Love Yourself

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Oct 8, 2025

You Don’t Have to

No, seriously. Ignore all your commitments, as long as you can face the consequences

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Oct 3, 2025

My Storytelling Sucks. This Book Is Helping Me Fix It

An ultra-detailed breakdown of how Will Storr’s ‘The Science of Storytelling ‘ is teaching me to write better stories.

My Storytelling Sucks. This Book Is Helping Me Fix It

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Jan 14, 2025

How to Cure an Optimization Craze

On embracing deliberate defeat and doing the thing.

How to Cure an Optimization Craze

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Nov 14, 2024

The Small Book That Redefined My Life

Eight lessons from obsessively reading Hermann Hesse’s ‘Siddhartha’ for one year

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Oct 22, 2024

Why We Will Always Feel Lonely

The unexpected benefits of embracing eternal loneliness.

Why We Will Always Feel Lonely

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Oct 16, 2024

‘This’ Is the Meaning of Life

A simple answer beyond religion, nihilism, and existentialism.

‘This’ Is the Meaning of Life

Stephan Joppich

Stephan Joppich

Engineer turned philosophy student • I write about loneliness, transformative books, and other pseudo-deep stuff that keeps me up at night • stephanjoppich.com

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