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The How To Matter Blog – By Jeb Dickerson

This is where I write about the things that scare me, that worry me, that give me hope and, ultimately and collectively, make me who I am.

Unfinished business

by Jeb Life
Finished Stories

A while back, before this site even existed, in fact, I started a site called wikidstory (.com). The idea was to have visitors to the site collaborate (hence the ‘wiki’ in the name of the site) on fiction stories. Long or short, whatever we were inspired to do. My hope was that someone would start [...]

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Inequality and consumption

by Jeb Life
True Power

Momentum’s a bitch, particularly when it’s taking you in a direction you don’t want to go. So many eventualities can be explained by inertia alone. I think we (Americans) like to believe we’re in control of things, that we’re independent actors on a stage, free to choose, in control of our destiny. And I actually [...]

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Raising Confidence

by Jeb Life
Raising Confidence

I had an unlikely reminder yesterday of the immensely important role we play as parents. Nothing any of us don’t know, of course, but sometimes life pushes our priorities to the side as we tend to urgent concerns. More now than ever I think, which is the foundation upon which my growing consternation seems intent [...]

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Give-it-away day

by Jeb Life
Give it away day

Everything costs too much. Period. The monthly nut we have to earn just to pay for the bare essentials..it’s crazy. That’s what we get for giving up our power, I suppose. For walking away from a life of production. Turning back that tide is unlikely, but that doesn’t mean we can’t, or shouldn’t, try. So [...]

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Beginning every day

by Jeb Life
New Mountains To Climb

I used to believe a lot of things that no longer seem to fit into my strategy for making sense of this world. Considering some of those beliefs, I consider this progress. For instance, I’ve heard it said that beginning something is the hardest part. That if we can just get the ball rolling, momentum [...]

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Capitalism is good enough…

by Jeb Life
The future of Democracy

Capitalism is good enough… …If you’re interested in the most efficient use of capital, though you should be prepared for layoffs, for outsourcing and for any other means by which this end might be achieved. …If you believe that people and corporations will always behave ethically and lawfully, though you should be prepared for fraud, [...]

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Location Independence – Dreaming of a Revolution

by Jeb Life
believe

If you’ve spent any time online the last two years, you’ve seen the idea of creating Freedom Businesses take over the headlines. This idea that the internet is a tool that can liberate us, and we can – and ought to – use it to release ourselves from the shackles of a traditional job. Trading [...]

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Unreplicate

by Jeb Life
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Past and present converge as if to confirm our potential. What we were, and are, seem only slightly separated by time, and we’re left to wonder how long, and what form, our next iteration will take. What to do at this particular fork? Succumb to the questions, the doubts, the what-ifs and regrets? Or rejoice [...]

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Speaking of angels

by Jeb Life
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This angel sits precariously upon my awareness, giving or accepting gifts, according to his struggles. Sometimes he urges me, ‘Grasp onto that soft pedal of hope, futile as it seems to hold on to something only the mind’s eye can see.’ And yet in those moments, he assures me all things are possible. And I [...]

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Simplifying the web

by Jeb Life

This site has wandered around a bit, been reincarnated a few times. Much of that results from simply feeling my way around, and never really having any clear focus for HTM other than as an outlet for my thoughts. And it served that purpose well for a bit. But as the history of How To [...]

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