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Strongholds versus Attention Cottages
Philosophy

Strongholds versus Attention Cottages

ByAmy June 10, 2024May 28, 2024

The attention cottage (a la Alan Jacobs) is an exciting metaphor. I think it’s something that many of us want: habits and homes that are marked by wisdom and contemplation of eternal truths, rather than by the sort of frenzied chaos that characterizes everything from our to-do list to social media. This comparison is worth…

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Building an Attention Cottage
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Building an Attention Cottage

ByAmy May 27, 2024May 26, 2024

Rooting out weeds from a garden has two parts: pulling up the weeds that are growing on one hand and establishing the plants that you do want on the other. If we only ever pull at the weeds, we’ll be at it forever. Once that lettuce or those pumpkins or the dahlias get going, however,…

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