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ava.substack.com · Personal blog · on HN since 2021
Ava writes a personal Substack on life, writing, effort, agency and burnout, including a personal essay on psychedelics.
What HN saysHN commenters name it among their favorite newsletters, with one calling it the only one they read regularly, and link it in discussions of burnout.
19HN people shared it
4linked it in comments
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Most-shared posts
- 1Agency/Satisfaction3 people · 17 points · first shared 2022 · 1 comments on HN
- 2Effort3 people · 11 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 3Knowing Myself3 people · 4 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 4Homepage3 people · first shared 2021
- 5Psychedelics: A Personal Take (2021)2 people · 130 points · first shared 2022 · 84 comments on HN
- 6It's beautiful, I just don't always see it2 people · 8 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 7Writing as Autonomy2 people · 7 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 8Deep Work2 people · 6 points · first shared 2022 · discussion on HN
- 9You have what you want2 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
- 10Making and Keeping Friends2 people · 3 points · first shared 2023 · 1 comments on HN
- 11How to Avoid Half-Heartedness2 people · 3 points · first shared 2021 · discussion on HN
- 12The Agony of Eros: Dating1 people · 169 points · first shared 2022 · 258 comments on HN
- 13Modern Malaise1 people · 143 points · first shared 2022 · 134 comments on HN
- 14On Writing More1 people · 125 points · first shared 2021 · 49 comments on HN
- 15Belief over Time1 people · 8 points · first shared 2021 · 1 comments on HN
What HN people wrote when they linked it
shime · 2021-05-27
A couple of my favorites:
- https://meltingasphalt.com/
- https://simonsarris.substack.com/
- https://ava.substack.com/
photochemsyn · 2022-11-02
Psychologists who say you have ADHD and should take amphetamines to treat it are unlikely to recommend something like psilocybin instead. For an alternate approach to burnout and depression:
https://ava.substack.com/p/psychedelics-a-personal-take
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33435140
pvsukale3 · 2021-05-27
Ava's substack is really good. It is the only newsletter I read regularly. It is about life and writing in general.
https://ava.substack.com/
jger15 · 2023-06-16
big fan of the below:
-Bookbear Express: https://ava.substack.com/
-Cedric Chin (not a Substack): https://commoncog.com/
-Henrik Karlsson: https://escapingflatland.substack.com/
-Rob Henderson: https://www.robkhenderson.com/
-Robin Hanson: https://www.overcomingbias.com/