Ben Page

Writing

My whole life I’ve been caught between two cultures: an obedience culture, and an agency culture. I grew up in the first. I’m exploring the second. I’m trying to live a life of intention and integrity, which isn’t always easy, and I’m loving the pursuit of it. This is me reporting back on what I’m learning.

Everything I write lives on Substack. This is the log, newest first.

The log

the Substack log, newest first
  1. 10 Sep
    Stop Letting Static Words Run Your Life How to deal with a particular type of word that quietly wrecks everything.
  2. 5 Sep
    What Do You Mean, “Faith”? I’ve said ‘you have faith too.’ It felt fair. That’s the point.
  3. 21 Aug
    “God May Love You, He Likes Me More” On ‘blessed,’ the holiest humblebrag in America — and the boy my story left out.
  4. 17 Aug
    Idaho, You Sound Like an Idiot When You Talk About California A public service announcement for my fellow Idahoans.
  5. 17 Aug
    Why “God Loves You” Only Works on the Lonely On worthiness cultures, masks, and the love we owe each other in person.
  6. 6 Apr
    AI Doesn’t Have a Hallucination Problem. Humans Have a Clarity Challenge. What three years of obsessive daily AI use taught me about why your AI gives bad answers.
  7. 30 Mar
    I’m Still Processing What Happened Last Night On stoner rock, secondhand fear, and the gentlest room I’ve been in years.
  8. 15 Feb
    First Hygge. Now Glad I Deg. How Scandinavian words are changing how I love.
  9. 13 Feb
    You Never Failed at a Habit No amount of ‘why’ can overcome a ‘how’ that drains you.
  10. 12 Feb
    You Don’t Have a Boundary Problem. You Have a Belonging Problem. You don’t need a better script. You need to stop asking permission to be yourself.
  11. 5 Feb
    Love Taught You to Disappear And you called it selflessness.

If you can use any of this, read along on Substack.