hanging out at the intersection of grief & hope: johno.blog
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27 Jul 2022
Let's talk about conflict.
But first...coffee (A brief🧵)
I don't know if you know this, but coffee actually changes flavors as it cools down. (Maybe the coffee doesn’t change flavors, but your brain grows in its ability to process flavors as it cools down) (1/7
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Feb 2
Most of our Resolutions aren't bad. They're just undercooked.Â
February feels like a good place to start now that we have a sense for what the New Year is like. What are you resolved to do with the rest of this year?
#Resolutions #Productivity
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Jan 30
January is for reflecting, not resolving. It's still winter. Let's wait until creation comes out of hibernation before we talk about our big plans for our lives.Â
#resolutions #discipline
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26 Apr 2025
I had a great time with my bro @esaumccaulley
24 Apr 2025
Any PKs in the house?🙋
This week on 🎙️The @esaumccaulley Podcast, @JawnO joins Esau to unpack recent news, including Katy Perry's trip to space, the latest Marvel movie, inconsistent standards with nepotism, and more. Tune in at the link in bio or watch on YouTube!
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11 Mar 2025
Don’t allow people who never ask questions try to convince you they love you.
Love demands curiosity.
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18 Nov 2024
Every year, I take a 4-week break from engaging online. Usually between March 17th and April 14th. (The day my brother was born and the day he passed away). Those have become my yearly blackout dates.
This year, those 4 weeks turned into 8 months. Not because I was sad, but
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18 Nov 2024
because I was so invested in reflecting on the beauty of living in the present.
I wrote some words about it yesterday.
johno.blog/p/on-blackout-dat…
On Blackout Dates and Birthdays
A Post about Why I've Been Gone and Where You Can Find ME
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18 Nov 2024
“For the first time in a long time (maybe ever), as grief has been in the foreground, she’s been flaunting her complexity. With open hands, she's shown me that for every dollar of sorrow she's given me over the decade, she's put another dollar of joy in a savings account.”
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23 Jul 2024
TODAY I TURN 40.
One of the most important lessons I've learned is that life makes more sense in the rearview mirror than it does through the windshield.
Take a trip with me down this past decade on this brief 🧵
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23 Jul 2024
AGE 39 - I became a doctor.
Wild.
My work was/is on Grief.
I found a new calling (or better yet...a new calling found me)
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23 Jul 2024
AGE 40 - AGE 40 - Looking through the REARVIEW
I’ve been very blessed to do life alongside the best people.
This past decade has been full of grief.
My life is (and always has been) full of hope.
This is 40.
“Tragedy doesn’t ruin anyone, hopelessness does”
#Grief #hope #love
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