The On Fire Best of 2025: A User Manual for…

Dec 29, 2025

The year's top essays on why "balance" is a trap and how to find your obsession.

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Balance is overrated, unnecessary and a guaranteed path to mediocrity. Gas not brake Always 💫🔥

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