This summer didn’t just end for me. It slipped away just when I wanted to hold on—for a lot longer. For the first time, I felt sad about summer ending. Not wistful. Not nostalgic. Straight-up sad. Which, at first, seemed strange—because I really lived this summer. I swam until my skin was wrinkled. I played […]
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Back when I first started writing online, a mentor shared some well-intentioned advice with me. He said that my email newsletter looked “too plain.” It lacked graphics, a brand image, or even color. It was just plain text. “He’s got a point,” I thought. To jazz things up, I hired a designer to create some […]
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The company Liquid Death has a $1.4 billion valuation. And I can’t stress this part enough—this is for water. Not cheaper water. Not purer water. Just water. The only difference from other waters? Its heavy metal branding—gothic fonts, melting skulls, and slogans like “Murder Your Thirst.” The founder grew up in the punk and metal […]
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