Impulse Journal

Essays on agency, behavior, and building a life on purpose.

A place for longer-form thinking on discipline, culture, and the psychology of change.

A Culture of Critique Cannot Build the Future
April 7, 20266 min read

A Culture of Critique Cannot Build the Future

Beyond Moral Exhaustion: Self-Overcoming and the Return to Creation

The West still creates at extraordinary scale, but cultural prestige increasingly flows toward critique rather than direction, making self-overcoming a personal answer to moral exhaustion.

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The Sanctuary: A Modern Necessity
December 10, 20243 min read

The Sanctuary: A Modern Necessity

Given the extent to which we stay tethered to the digital realm, we may benefit from carving out a protected space — one free of the blinking, buzzing, all-consuming presence of problematic devices.

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