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How to Engineer an Obsession
Why passion requires a different toolkit than a standard New Year's resolution.
Jan 5
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Krista Stryker
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The On Fire Best of 2025: A User Manual for Caring Deeply
The year's top essays on why "balance" is a trap and how to find your obsession.
Dec 29, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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10 Books on the Light (and Dark) Side of Obsession
My favorite reads on the blurry line between loving your craft and losing yourself.
Dec 21, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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The Entry Fee for Passion Is Feeling Stupid
When the Need to Be 'Good' Keeps You From Feeling Alive
Dec 8, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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When Passion Makes You Feel Like an Outsider
The isolation of caring deeply — and why it’s also how you find your people.
Nov 30, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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In Defense of Impractical Passions
The Case for Doing Things Just Because You Love Them
Nov 23, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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10 Principles for a Life on Fire
Lessons from the world’s most passionate people on building, sustaining, and rekindling passion
Oct 27, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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If You’ve Lost Your Passion, Try Making It Harder
What the mastery loop teaches us about keeping passion alive.
Oct 20, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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The Easiest Way to Make Friends as an Adult
Find Something You Love — And Do it With Other People
Oct 12, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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How to Actually Get Out of a Rut
Hint: Start Smaller Than You Think
Sep 30, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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When Self-Care Isn’t Enough
Why Finding Passion — Not Just Slowing Down — Can Pull You Out of a Rut
Sep 23, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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The Awkward Middle
Why Passion Always Gets Hard — And Why That’s a Good Sign
Sep 12, 2025
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Krista Stryker
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