Why a newsletter?

Abe Gong

Abe Gong

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I'm a big believer in cultivating serendipity. The universe wants to be generous to us, but it's constrained by our level of openness to unexpected experiences / ideas / connections / gifts / etc.

One way great way to cultivate serendipity is by being curious in public. I've had a blog off and on ever since grad school. (See links to past incarnations below.) Writing has been a great, long-term source of amazing connections and relationships

Stupidly, I haven't been consistent about writing. It's just too easy to get swept up in the tyranny of the present.

Coming into 2026 I resolved to be more open to the universe by creating a blog / newsletter and post something every week.

I have a huge backlog of random ideas in my personal notes. It can't be that much work to tidy them up a bit and share them, right?

Previous incarnations of my blog/newsletter:

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