On friendship and time

We’re taught that we have to be busy, that we have to constantly keep ourselves busy because that’s what’s expected, but when we do that, we can lose track of what’s important, such as the people who matter to us. “Out of sight out of mind” works stronger when we don’t give ourselves space to remember the people who are important.

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Nate Tyler
Your reward is a cool dip

I took the day off and went surfing on Monday. We stayed at an Airbnb style party house with a bunch of family on Sunday in Yilan, and then while most of them caravaned home together, stopping at places along the coast, we went surfing. 

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Nate Tyler
No, writing well is not a sign of using ai

People try claiming that using basic punctuation is a dead giveaway that a writer used ai. Those people are wrong. And here’s a bunch of examples if you’re a writer needing to defend yourself or a publisher wondering what gives.

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Nate Tyler