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Ellis Zeitmann
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Cultural writer exploring work, identity, and the quiet courage of male vulnerability. Essays from the edge of structure and self.
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🌙 Nostalgia arrives quietly, but it never comes empty-handed.
It reminds us that the parts of life we ache for are the ones that shaped us.
Follow the drift. ⬇️
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A Ghibli-inspired night scene with a deep teal sky, scattered stars, and soft green hills. Centered on the image is a serif quote in cream and golden-yellow text about nostalgia, memory, and living fully. The overall mood is calm, reflective, and cinematic. From #WritingCulture by Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit.
December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🫟 What if the Christmas we long for is a scene we’ve rehearsed into memory? On seasonal nostalgia, invented pasts, and the quiet art of remembering what we needed.
—#WritingCulture by Ellis Zeitmann

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A soft, watercolor-style winter scene showing a row of pine trees dusted with snow under a sky filled with light snowfall. At the top, centered text reads “Ink of the Day: The Scene That Pretends to Be a Memory.” At the bottom, smaller text includes “#WritingCulture by Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit,” with a small red “Read More” button in the lower right.
December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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🌜At 3 a.m., the mind doesn't seek truth, it seeks safety. The real work is remembering that not every thought belongs to the night that produced it.

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A Ghibli-inspired night scene with a starry sky and soft green hills. Centered on the image is a quote in cream and golden text about late-night thoughts and emotional clarity. At the bottom appears the signature —#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit.
November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🫟What if precision isn’t control, but care? When clarity becomes suspicious, language itself stands trial. On thought, respect, and the courage to write clean.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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🫟What if guilt is not failure but memory’s last resistance, the proof we still care for what can’t stay? On solitude, ritual, and the eloquence of impermanence.
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann
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A catamaran’s hull gliding through calm green water beneath late-season light, the sea textured with motion yet holding no trace. The image reflects impermanence, solitude, and the eloquence of what cannot stay. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit.
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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🫟What if there is no letting go because the self that would let go is itself constructed from holding on? On Indian Summer and the warmth we refuse to release.
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann
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A wooden chair on a misty pier lit by warm amber light fading into teal-grey shadows, symbolizing remembrance and absence. The image evokes the final warmth of Indian Summer and the quiet psychology of letting go. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit.
November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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🫟 Look closely.
Before you search, your mind is already choosing.
What finds you first?
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A tall minimalist beige image with a vintage-computer feel. At the top, black pixel-styled text reads “Look closely. What finds you first?” Below is a 22×22 grid of capital letters simulating a word search. Hidden within are five quietly meaningful words: Creation, Gratitude, Change, Strength, Selfcare. The design conveys introspection and the search for meaning. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit
October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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🫟To rest without proving, to slow down without performing. What if even awareness is choreography, calm another act of control?
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Sparkling water on a sailboat deck at dawn, bubbles rising through soft fog, capturing the quiet tension between stillness and awareness. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit.
October 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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🫟 To follow without controlling, to notice without extracting. What if even our stillness is performance, our reverence another mask?
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann

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A lone figure walks toward fog along a wooden pier, evoking slowness, ambiguity, and the quiet tension of resisting the urge to define meaning. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit.
October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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🫟 Eighty days from year-end, we tell ourselves to move when ready and stay when wise. What if calm is incertitude and urgency fear disguised?
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann
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Solitary figure at the water’s edge under a shifting sky, horizon veiled in mist. The scene evokes the quiet pressure of time and indecision, a meditation on “The Tyranny of Arrival” by Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit, exploring motion, stillness, and incertitude.
October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🫟 We are told: keep yourself while giving. But what if the self we defend was never as solid as we pretended? Identity is negotiation, revised by encounter.

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We are told giving dissolves the self. Yet perhaps the real risk is refusing the permeability that makes presence possible. By Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit.
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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🫟 We are told self-love is the hardest task. But perhaps the true crucible is the other, whose difference unsettles and reshapes us. Love is not refuge but risk.
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann

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Portrait of Carl Jung with accompanying text excerpt on love and self-acceptance against a beige background. “Ink of the Day” writing about The Other as Furnace by Ellis Zeitmann, for ThinkZeit
September 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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What we mistake for intimacy may be nothing more than agreeing to lie in compatible ways.
✍️ New: On love as fantasy and the fragile bonds that bind us. Let’s write it!
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Ink of the Day card showing a red rope knot against a pale cream backdrop with the tagline “Closeness and distance, endlessly redrawn,” reflecting themes of attachment, vulnerability, and trust in human connection. By Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit
September 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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What does it mean to live without polishing every surface of the self?

✍️ New: On Perfecting Perfection, where even the attempt to master criticism becomes part of the performance. Let’s write it!
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Ink of the Day card showing a yellow vintage typewriter with a crumpled page, a golden book titled “How to Respond to Criticism When You’re Already Perfect,” and the tagline “The desire for perfection,” reflecting themes of vulnerability, imperfection, and writing culture. By Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit
September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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What does it mean for a man to let the world touch him?
✍ New: The Courage to Love Beyond Performance, exploring Anthony Bourdain’s life as a testament to male vulnerability and connection beyond performance.
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Anthony Bourdain at a small outdoor table in an Asian street market at dusk, leaning forward in attentive conversation with a young Asian woman shown from behind with long hair. Warm lantern light and string lights illuminate shared dishes, evoking intimacy, trust, and quiet strength. By Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit.
August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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What does it mean to have the courage to long differently?

✍️ New: "Masculinity, Intimacy, and the Art of Making Love", exploring authentic masculine desire beyond performance.
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ ThinkZeit
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Tender couple embracing under starry sky illustrating authentic masculine desire and vulnerability. Ink of the Day by Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit. #WritingCulture
July 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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What if your employee handbook held secret spells for career advancement? ✨

Your Workplace Privacy Rights
📖 Installment 2.31 ✦ Out now!

Discover how rights literacy transforms professionals into workplace architects.

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Professional standing confidently on upward steps with an ascending arrow, symbolizing how workplace privacy rights like GDPR and transparency laws empower career growth and reshape work culture. By Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit.
June 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Discover the paradox of the jellyfish: drifting through ancient waters of wisdom for 650 million years of endurance without a brain, a heart, or a plan. A reflection on harmony, mythology, and the rhythms of being.
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Ethereal jellyfish floating in translucent green waters, embodying ancient wisdom and rhythmic survival without consciousness. Artwork by Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit, exploring the textures of contemporary writing culture.
June 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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What if career growth isn’t about avoiding challenges but mastering the art of navigating them? 🍃
Decoding Tracking Systems for Growth
📖 Installment 2.30 ✦ Out now!
Explore new perspectives on thriving within the system.
Read here ⬇️
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Minimalist illustration showing a professional person with short gray hair wearing a white shirt, standing with both arms raised in a confident, celebratory pose with small radiating lines around their head suggesting empowerment or achievement. The background is sage green with the title "Deep Reflection: Master Tracking Intelligence" at the top in elegant serif font. On the left side, orange cursive text reads "Turn tracking into career acceleration." A red "READ MORE" button appears in the bottom right corner. By Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit. #WorkCulture
June 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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What if workplace winds could carry you higher instead of holding you down?
Sometimes the gentlest jujitsu transforms tracking into growth magic ✨
Mastering Workplace Monitoring Installment 2.29
—#WorkCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit ⬇️
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Professional woman confidently managing digital workplace tracking tools, demonstrating surveillance jujitsu concept for career empowerment. By Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit. #WorkCulture
June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Ever notice how summer wine tastes like distant Christmas magic?
✍️ New: "Summer's Christmas Dream – The Soul's Seasonal Rebellion"
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Circular poolside scene with summer chairs and Christmas lights strung between palm trees, representing the temporal bridge between June and December seasons
June 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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What if the strongest employees grow not alone, but intertwined with others?
The latest chapter of our journey is now live. ✍️
Collective Resistance and Community Solutions Installment 2.28
—#WorkCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ThinkZeit ⬇️
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Warm watercolor illustration titled "Deep Reflection: Collective Resistance and Community Solutions" showing diverse professionals collaborating around laptops in a cozy, sunlit workspace. A person joins virtually on screen while others work together at a wooden table, surrounded by soft clouds and a small plant. The handwritten text "Together we grow stronger" flows organically across the scene, with "#WorkCulture by Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit" at the bottom. The gentle, Studio Ghibli-inspired artwork emphasizes connection, growth, and the quiet strength found in workplace community.
June 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Ever notice your inner voice sounds like a philosopher? What we call "modern therapy" might just be Epictetus with a psychology degree.
✍️ New reflection: "CBT Is Just Ancient Stoicism"
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ ThinkZeit
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Contemplative philosopher Epictetus in warm illustration style against sage background, representing ancient Stoic wisdom that anticipated modern CBT therapy approaches. From Ellis Zeitmann's ThinkZeit.
June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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What if the labels we carry at work are the very ceilings we can’t see?
The latest chapter of our journey is now live.
✍️ Psychology of Employee Categorization
Installment 2.27 —#WorkCulture—
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A young professional steps gently through torn paper walls, as the words ‘Identity beyond organizational boxes’ float beside in warm, handwritten script. By Ellis Zeitmann for ThinkZeit.
June 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Have you ever felt the weight of a moment words couldn't carry?
As Viktor Frankl reminds us, between stimulus and response lies our power to choose.
✍️ New reflection: "The Impossible and the Intimate"
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann @ ThinkZeit
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Two people sit across from each other at a small round table in a blue-tinted illustration. One person holds a coffee cup while the other gestures with an open palm. A tablet and notebook rest on the table between them, suggesting a moment of thoughtful philosophical conversation or contemplation.
May 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM