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ChatGPT does not understand us
A few months after Jude turned three, he came in from the playground, flopped down next to me on the couch, and said: “I’m dead.” Frances found the word…
Jessi Hempel
Mar 9
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December 2022
Embrace the darkness
The beauty of community is that we guide each other through the dark moments; we become the internal light that makes periods of darkness bearable. It’s…
Jessi Hempel
Dec 21, 2022
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November 2022
Dreaming forward. Moving backward.
The morning after five people were murdered at Club Q in Colorado Springs, I sunk into a booth with a childhood friend and her family at a gay-friendly…
Jessi Hempel
Nov 28, 2022
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Let's make our backpacks lighter
I find myself on a plane, a sleeping child tucked next to me, heading back to New York after a few days in Mississippi and Alabama. I’m trying to…
Jessi Hempel
Nov 2, 2022
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September 2022
Four really great books I didn't write
Jude is a book lover. Every few weeks, we walk a block down to the small library branch in our neighborhood, where he returns his cache and selects a…
Jessi Hempel
Sep 22, 2022
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August 2022
What do people think of me?
A good friend is in the midst of an incredible professional success. She directed Into the Woods, a revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s…
Jessi Hempel
Aug 27, 2022
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Ambient anxiety and the pursuit of happiness
Everything is awful, and I’m aware of every awful thing all the time. There’s the pandemic, and climate change. The threat of social unrest, and the…
Jessi Hempel
Aug 10, 2022
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July 2022
Quaranteam nostalgia
Rethinking work, life and meaning for the contemporary age
Jessi Hempel
Jul 25, 2022
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Unintended consequences
Rethinking work, life and meaning for the contemporary age
Jessi Hempel
Jul 1, 2022
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May 2022
The Family Outing
Rethinking work, life and meaning for the contemporary age
Jessi Hempel
May 24, 2022
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March 2021
Expecting
Rethinking work, life, and meaning in a digital age
Jessi Hempel
Mar 16, 2021
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December 2020
Our year of radical change
Rethinking work, life, and meaning in a digital age
Jessi Hempel
Dec 30, 2020
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