Rob Thompson
@sirchutney.bsky.social
Used to be about the size of a baby. Grew very very slowly. Now roughly as big as a man.
Your perspective shapes your world—choose to see beauty in the ordinary, walk your path unapologetically, and stand apart with quiet strength. The view from within changes everything. ✨ #Resilience
December 22, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Your perspective shapes your world—choose to see beauty in the ordinary, walk your path unapologetically, and stand apart with quiet strength. The view from within changes everything. ✨ #Resilience
🎄 You're not alone this Christmas.
Whether it's grief, addiction, debt, or just the weight of silence—help is here.
📞 Free helplines. Real people. No judgment.
Share this. It could save a life.
#MentalHealth #ChristmasSupport #YouAreNotAlone
Whether it's grief, addiction, debt, or just the weight of silence—help is here.
📞 Free helplines. Real people. No judgment.
Share this. It could save a life.
#MentalHealth #ChristmasSupport #YouAreNotAlone
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
🎄 You're not alone this Christmas.
Whether it's grief, addiction, debt, or just the weight of silence—help is here.
📞 Free helplines. Real people. No judgment.
Share this. It could save a life.
#MentalHealth #ChristmasSupport #YouAreNotAlone
Whether it's grief, addiction, debt, or just the weight of silence—help is here.
📞 Free helplines. Real people. No judgment.
Share this. It could save a life.
#MentalHealth #ChristmasSupport #YouAreNotAlone
You don’t need more time, more strength, or more certainty—just a shift in gaze. Build forward. Trust the quiet power within. The old dissolves when you stop feeding it. ✨🚀 #Trust
December 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
You don’t need more time, more strength, or more certainty—just a shift in gaze. Build forward. Trust the quiet power within. The old dissolves when you stop feeding it. ✨🚀 #Trust
Spent years waking at 5 AM, doing ice baths & optimizing every minute. Then I read what Marcus Aurelius actually did in his tent on the Danube. Just 3 mental practices that made him unshakeable.
Modern routines prepare the body. Stoic routines prepare the mind.
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#Stoicism
Modern routines prepare the body. Stoic routines prepare the mind.
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#Stoicism
The Marcus Aurelius Morning Routine: Why I Stopped Waking Up at 5 AM
Modern productivity culture wants you exhausted. Ancient philosophy wants you unshakeable.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Spent years waking at 5 AM, doing ice baths & optimizing every minute. Then I read what Marcus Aurelius actually did in his tent on the Danube. Just 3 mental practices that made him unshakeable.
Modern routines prepare the body. Stoic routines prepare the mind.
medium.com/stoicletters...
#Stoicism
Modern routines prepare the body. Stoic routines prepare the mind.
medium.com/stoicletters...
#Stoicism
The AI hype is collapsing, but something more important is rising from the wreckage. I analyzed the economics, the slop problem, and what actually survives the correction. Spoiler: it's not who you think. 🧵
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#AI
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#AI
The AI Bubble Is About To Burst, But The Next Bubble Is Already Growing
While everyone fights over ChatGPT’s scraps, a quieter revolution is reshaping who actually survives
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December 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The AI hype is collapsing, but something more important is rising from the wreckage. I analyzed the economics, the slop problem, and what actually survives the correction. Spoiler: it's not who you think. 🧵
medium.com/a-fulcrum/th...
#AI
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#AI
Life is not a fixed reality; it is a world built by people no smarter than you—and you have the power to change it 🏗️✨. Stop waiting for a map. The path only appears as you walk it 👣. Trust the journey, throw open the windows of your mind, and let the new light in 🪟🌬️ #Life
December 20, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Life is not a fixed reality; it is a world built by people no smarter than you—and you have the power to change it 🏗️✨. Stop waiting for a map. The path only appears as you walk it 👣. Trust the journey, throw open the windows of your mind, and let the new light in 🪟🌬️ #Life
Progress isn't perfection—it's the courage to keep becoming. What feels impossible today becomes tomorrow's foundation. The shore fades not when we're ready, but when we choose to trust the horizon. ✨🌊 #Progress
December 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Progress isn't perfection—it's the courage to keep becoming. What feels impossible today becomes tomorrow's foundation. The shore fades not when we're ready, but when we choose to trust the horizon. ✨🌊 #Progress
Your inner world colors everything you touch. 🎨✨ Stay soft where life tries to harden you—patience isn't passive, it's the quiet power that turns storms into light from within. 🌅💫 #Life
December 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Your inner world colors everything you touch. 🎨✨ Stay soft where life tries to harden you—patience isn't passive, it's the quiet power that turns storms into light from within. 🌅💫 #Life
🧠 The mind is the frontier. 🚀
🚶♂️ Step beyond comfort, meet resistance, and call it growth. 💪
🔁 Every stumble is a lesson, every choice a chance to reclaim your power. ✨
#Mind
🚶♂️ Step beyond comfort, meet resistance, and call it growth. 💪
🔁 Every stumble is a lesson, every choice a chance to reclaim your power. ✨
#Mind
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
🧠 The mind is the frontier. 🚀
🚶♂️ Step beyond comfort, meet resistance, and call it growth. 💪
🔁 Every stumble is a lesson, every choice a chance to reclaim your power. ✨
#Mind
🚶♂️ Step beyond comfort, meet resistance, and call it growth. 💪
🔁 Every stumble is a lesson, every choice a chance to reclaim your power. ✨
#Mind
Greatness isn't a destination—it's built in the daily choice to keep moving forward with what you have right now. Your worthiness isn't in the outcome; it's in the courage to begin again, exactly where you are. ✨🚀 #Greatness
December 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Greatness isn't a destination—it's built in the daily choice to keep moving forward with what you have right now. Your worthiness isn't in the outcome; it's in the courage to begin again, exactly where you are. ✨🚀 #Greatness
My marriage didn't end because of a big betrayal. It ended because of a thousand small things I didn't understand until it was too late. Here are 5 uncomfortable truths I learned from my divorce that could have saved us. #Relationships #Marriage #Love
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5 Uncomfortable Truths I Learned From My Divorce That Could Have Saved My Marriage
We didn’t fall out of love. We fell out of practice. The things that ended us were not dramatic betrayals, but a thousand small, unsaid…
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December 14, 2025 at 2:06 PM
My marriage didn't end because of a big betrayal. It ended because of a thousand small things I didn't understand until it was too late. Here are 5 uncomfortable truths I learned from my divorce that could have saved us. #Relationships #Marriage #Love
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You're not insomniac. You're dying a thousand deaths before the real one. Here's the 2,000-year-old hack Marcus Aurelius used to stop 3 AM overthinking (it's not positive thinking). #Stoicism #Anxiety #MentalHealth
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The 3 AM Hack Marcus Aurelius Used to Stop Overthinking (It’s Not What You Think)
You’re Not Insomniac. You’re Just Dying a Thousand Deaths Before the Real One.
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December 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
You're not insomniac. You're dying a thousand deaths before the real one. Here's the 2,000-year-old hack Marcus Aurelius used to stop 3 AM overthinking (it's not positive thinking). #Stoicism #Anxiety #MentalHealth
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Progress isn't loud—it's the quiet choice to stay grounded when the world spins faster than your heart can follow. Real strength lives in the space between chaos and stillness, where small steps become mountains and flexibility becomes freedom. ⛰️🧘♀️✨ #Progress
December 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Progress isn't loud—it's the quiet choice to stay grounded when the world spins faster than your heart can follow. Real strength lives in the space between chaos and stillness, where small steps become mountains and flexibility becomes freedom. ⛰️🧘♀️✨ #Progress
We've been getting Stoicism completely wrong. It's not about suppressing grief—it's about processing it with wisdom. The ancients had a framework 2,000 years ahead of modern therapy. Here's what they knew (and how it can help you today): medium.com/stoicletters...
#Stoicism
#Stoicism
The Ancient Secret to Processing Grief That Modern Psychology Is Only Now Discovering
Forget the “stiff upper lip” — the Stoics knew 2,000 years ago that acknowledging pain, not suppressing it, is the path to healing
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December 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
We've been getting Stoicism completely wrong. It's not about suppressing grief—it's about processing it with wisdom. The ancients had a framework 2,000 years ahead of modern therapy. Here's what they knew (and how it can help you today): medium.com/stoicletters...
#Stoicism
#Stoicism
I just fired 6 people and replaced them with AI tools costing $200/month. This wasn't about performance—they were great at their jobs. But "great" in 2023 became "obsolete" in 2024. Here's what every white-collar worker needs to know about survival: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#AI
#AI
I Just Fired 6 Employees and Replaced Them With AI.
This isn’t fear-mongering. This is math. And I’m the one doing the firing.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I just fired 6 people and replaced them with AI tools costing $200/month. This wasn't about performance—they were great at their jobs. But "great" in 2023 became "obsolete" in 2024. Here's what every white-collar worker needs to know about survival: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#AI
#AI
Live each moment as if it's your last—choose integrity in unseen hours, cherish the fleeting now, and let relentless effort outshine raw gift. In quiet authenticity and grateful presence, true strength blooms. ✨💖💪 #Mindfulness
December 13, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Live each moment as if it's your last—choose integrity in unseen hours, cherish the fleeting now, and let relentless effort outshine raw gift. In quiet authenticity and grateful presence, true strength blooms. ✨💖💪 #Mindfulness
True freedom isn't found in peak moments or perfect circumstances—it's discovered in the steady presence we bring to ordinary life and in our courage to keep moving forward without being defined by what once hurt us. ✨💫 #Freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
True freedom isn't found in peak moments or perfect circumstances—it's discovered in the steady presence we bring to ordinary life and in our courage to keep moving forward without being defined by what once hurt us. ✨💫 #Freedom
Fear is a hollow wall; there is nothing on the other side to stop you. Step through it. The life you hope for becomes attainable not by giant leaps, but simply by doing small things in a great way today. 🌿✨ #Fear
December 11, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Fear is a hollow wall; there is nothing on the other side to stop you. Step through it. The life you hope for becomes attainable not by giant leaps, but simply by doing small things in a great way today. 🌿✨ #Fear
Stop giving strangers on the internet the power to determine your worth. The Stoics predicted the social media trap & left us the blueprint for escape. New essay on building an unbreachable inner citadel in the age of likes, followers, and cancel culture 🧵
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#Stoicism
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#Stoicism
The Social Media Trap: Applying the Dichotomy of Control to Likes, Followers, and Haters
Why Your Self-Worth Should Never Depend on an Algorithm
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December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Stop giving strangers on the internet the power to determine your worth. The Stoics predicted the social media trap & left us the blueprint for escape. New essay on building an unbreachable inner citadel in the age of likes, followers, and cancel culture 🧵
medium.com/stoicletters...
#Stoicism
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#Stoicism
I was drowning in 60-hour weeks, earning less than ever.
Then I discovered something radical: 3 hours of deep work beats 8 hours of fragmented attention.
I cut my workweek in half & doubled my income.
The 8-hour workday is a lie. Here's what actually works: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#Productivity
Then I discovered something radical: 3 hours of deep work beats 8 hours of fragmented attention.
I cut my workweek in half & doubled my income.
The 8-hour workday is a lie. Here's what actually works: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#Productivity
I Quit the 8-Hour Workday. Now I Work 3 Hours and Make Double.
The productivity cult lied to you. Here’s what actually works.
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December 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I was drowning in 60-hour weeks, earning less than ever.
Then I discovered something radical: 3 hours of deep work beats 8 hours of fragmented attention.
I cut my workweek in half & doubled my income.
The 8-hour workday is a lie. Here's what actually works: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#Productivity
Then I discovered something radical: 3 hours of deep work beats 8 hours of fragmented attention.
I cut my workweek in half & doubled my income.
The 8-hour workday is a lie. Here's what actually works: medium.com/a-fulcrum/i-...
#Productivity
The life you want doesn't wait for perfect conditions—it begins when you stop negotiating with your pain and start building with it. Choose deliberately. Endure wisely. Become freely. ✨🚀 #Life
December 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
The life you want doesn't wait for perfect conditions—it begins when you stop negotiating with your pain and start building with it. Choose deliberately. Endure wisely. Become freely. ✨🚀 #Life
Success belongs to those brave enough to leap without guarantees, patient enough to trust invisible progress, and wise enough to see every storm as a lesson in navigation. 🚀 #Wisdom
December 8, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Success belongs to those brave enough to leap without guarantees, patient enough to trust invisible progress, and wise enough to see every storm as a lesson in navigation. 🚀 #Wisdom
The moment you honor your strange, your still, your start—everything shifts. 💫 A year from now, you'll thank the version of you who chose today. ✨ #honor
December 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The moment you honor your strange, your still, your start—everything shifts. 💫 A year from now, you'll thank the version of you who chose today. ✨ #honor