Glen Phillips
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Podcast Appearances
that can be an impossibly large task to achieve. So I find that when I come back to what are the questions I'm chewing on, so if it's purposefulness, mortality, how to deal with the agonies of loving people, the constant longing and imperfection of being an imperfect human who hurts those they love, or grief. I've been fascinated with grief for the last decade.
that can be an impossibly large task to achieve. So I find that when I come back to what are the questions I'm chewing on, so if it's purposefulness, mortality, how to deal with the agonies of loving people, the constant longing and imperfection of being an imperfect human who hurts those they love, or grief. I've been fascinated with grief for the last decade.
that can be an impossibly large task to achieve. So I find that when I come back to what are the questions I'm chewing on, so if it's purposefulness, mortality, how to deal with the agonies of loving people, the constant longing and imperfection of being an imperfect human who hurts those they love, or grief. I've been fascinated with grief for the last decade.
So there's so many subjects, so many things to write about that if it's relevant for me, I know somebody else is going through something similar. I feel like I'm a better writer than I used to be, but I haven't been mainstream for a while.
So there's so many subjects, so many things to write about that if it's relevant for me, I know somebody else is going through something similar. I feel like I'm a better writer than I used to be, but I haven't been mainstream for a while.
So there's so many subjects, so many things to write about that if it's relevant for me, I know somebody else is going through something similar. I feel like I'm a better writer than I used to be, but I haven't been mainstream for a while.
But it's also freeing to just have your audience and know that your audience is there for the thing that you know how to do and that you care about, and that's what they're responding to. And trying to cater to a broad audience can work, but if you find yourself thinking you have to give up,
But it's also freeing to just have your audience and know that your audience is there for the thing that you know how to do and that you care about, and that's what they're responding to. And trying to cater to a broad audience can work, but if you find yourself thinking you have to give up,
But it's also freeing to just have your audience and know that your audience is there for the thing that you know how to do and that you care about, and that's what they're responding to. And trying to cater to a broad audience can work, but if you find yourself thinking you have to give up,
And if you're curious, I mean, I feel lucky to have been raised by a really curious father. And our dinner table conversations were religion and politics. I mean, dad was a physicist, mom was a chemist, and dad was... Mom took me to... I had a reformed temple, but... I had a bar mitzvah, but my dad was taking me to the Zen Priory for meditation courses and giving me Idris Shah books.
And if you're curious, I mean, I feel lucky to have been raised by a really curious father. And our dinner table conversations were religion and politics. I mean, dad was a physicist, mom was a chemist, and dad was... Mom took me to... I had a reformed temple, but... I had a bar mitzvah, but my dad was taking me to the Zen Priory for meditation courses and giving me Idris Shah books.
And if you're curious, I mean, I feel lucky to have been raised by a really curious father. And our dinner table conversations were religion and politics. I mean, dad was a physicist, mom was a chemist, and dad was... Mom took me to... I had a reformed temple, but... I had a bar mitzvah, but my dad was taking me to the Zen Priory for meditation courses and giving me Idris Shah books.
And so I was... And he was the most curious person I've ever met. And he could talk to anybody and be interested in them. And, I mean, there's always, if you're paying attention, there's always something to be interested in. And my challenges in life are less being interested and more I can get so overwhelmed I start to shut down and protect myself and distract myself all the time.
And so I was... And he was the most curious person I've ever met. And he could talk to anybody and be interested in them. And, I mean, there's always, if you're paying attention, there's always something to be interested in. And my challenges in life are less being interested and more I can get so overwhelmed I start to shut down and protect myself and distract myself all the time.
And so I was... And he was the most curious person I've ever met. And he could talk to anybody and be interested in them. And, I mean, there's always, if you're paying attention, there's always something to be interested in. And my challenges in life are less being interested and more I can get so overwhelmed I start to shut down and protect myself and distract myself all the time.
And so when I get in those modes... I become less curious, I become less interested, but I know where the gold is. I mean, the gold is in every moment. And there's always something to pay attention to, which is why I miss standing in lines without my fucking phone. But I'm still addicted enough to it that I do that. I listen to a hell of a lot of podcasts.
And so when I get in those modes... I become less curious, I become less interested, but I know where the gold is. I mean, the gold is in every moment. And there's always something to pay attention to, which is why I miss standing in lines without my fucking phone. But I'm still addicted enough to it that I do that. I listen to a hell of a lot of podcasts.
And so when I get in those modes... I become less curious, I become less interested, but I know where the gold is. I mean, the gold is in every moment. And there's always something to pay attention to, which is why I miss standing in lines without my fucking phone. But I'm still addicted enough to it that I do that. I listen to a hell of a lot of podcasts.
And that idea, and I love taking in information because, once again, my curiosity, but there's also, You know, the stuff that I miss in my times where I'm being less creative is because I'm taking in too much and not being enough and not having sufficient silence, sufficient introspection, right?
And that idea, and I love taking in information because, once again, my curiosity, but there's also, You know, the stuff that I miss in my times where I'm being less creative is because I'm taking in too much and not being enough and not having sufficient silence, sufficient introspection, right?