Archive - the look.

What does offended feel like?

On creativity as retaliation

Sep 23, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

On designing my 40th birthday party

The party starts from the moment the invite goes out.

Sep 22, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

The Circle is the medicine

A party that's also a milestone that's also a rebirth

Sep 15, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

August 2025

Toxic Inputs, toxic outputs

Why ChatGPT only flatters some people—and why I ask it to push back.

Aug 26, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

Stop and smell the roses sucks

How ignoring the advice made me finally understand it

Aug 13, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

Two ways to experience people

The line between authentic presence and strategic performance, and how others subconsciously respond to each.

Aug 7, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

July 2025

How a tarot reading changed my entire life

Sometimes things change.

Jul 9, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

Why aren't you doing what you want to do?

Conjuring confrontation as ritual.

Jul 5, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

How to write an email asking for something

This is the general email template I use to reach out to people I either don’t know or kind of know.

Jul 2, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

June 2025

Let's write a book about Social Fitness

I dunno, you got any better ideas?

Jun 25, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

The fix for Israel and Palestine

I've been thinking about this for a while.

Jun 23, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

The trap of just good enough

On how I'm increasingly annoyed when people choose to stay stuck.

Jun 17, 2025 • Jesse Chapman

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