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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.
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December 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
🫟 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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December 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
🌜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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November 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🫟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.
—#WritingCulture— by Ellis Zeitmann
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November 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🫟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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November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
🫟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.
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November 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🫟 Look closely.
Before you search, your mind is already choosing.
What finds you first?
#WritingCulture by Ellis Zeitmann
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October 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🫟To rest without proving, to slow down without performing. What if even awareness is choreography, calm another act of control?
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October 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🫟 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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October 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
🫟 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?
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October 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🫟 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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October 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
🫟 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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September 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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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September 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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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September 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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August 16, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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.
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July 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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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June 29, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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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June 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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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June 14, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Ever notice how summer wine tastes like distant Christmas magic?
✍️ New: "Summer's Christmas Dream – The Soul's Seasonal Rebellion"
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June 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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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June 7, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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"
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June 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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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June 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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"
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May 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM