A skeptical dive into the weird, sketchy, occasionally life-changing world
of self-improvement.

  • Day 14: The Egyptian Goddess of Irony

    Day 14: The Egyptian Goddess of Irony

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    Our family game was always “Balderdash,” a trivia game where all but one answer is made up by the players. It goes a little like this: one player is get handed a card, on which are printed a bunch of wild but true answers — a word (with a definition) or a movie (with a […]

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  • “I worked for a body influencer”

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    Hi, It’s been a while between posts! The good news is that my tardiness is because I got a new job, and it’s been keeping me really busy. The bad news I’d hinted darkly about in previous…

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  • The accidental body double

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    Last time I wrote about what I’d consider success to look like for this self-improvement malarkey. One measure was posting once a week; the other was getting art done. So it was shocking to realise that I’d…

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  • It’s just one of those days when you don’t wanna write stuff

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    Yesterday was a bit shit, to be honest. It started with bad news, not the sort that’s really bad, but the kind that can still send you hurtling over the handlebars of life. Worse, it’s not something…

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  • A cynic’s guide to self-improvement

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    I’m pretty sure most of self-improvement is a scam, but that hasn’t stopped me so far. I’m a sucker for self-improvement, born again every minute. Or at least every ninety days or so, which seems to be…

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  • Coming soon

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    This is The Cynic’s Guide To Self-Improvement. I don’t know why this post is here, how long it’s been here, or how it got published. I think it was some kind of glitch in the Substack setup…

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