Something's changing. I don't fully know what it is yet but maybe that's my problem; always trying t...
Derek MacDonald
Derek MacDonald is a former outdoor educator working in tech. In addition to writing and editing narrative nonfiction, he likes building websites, running, and competing in live-storytelling events. Derek currently lives in Burlington, VT. You can learn more about him at www.derekmacdonald.com.
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I'm usually very aware of my surroundings, but I'm not even sure if that's helpful anymore.
81 days in a row of writing these (126 including the pre-MAP Year test phase) and I almost skipped t...
I think my life is just a growth spiral. It wasn't always, but it is now. I'm moving forward, while ...
Something you should know about me is that I wasn't always like this.
Choice of perspective. That's what I'm thinking about today.
I used to move through life like a rubber band wrapped around a watermelon. I don’t know if you’ve e...
All I could think about was acceptance while driving home from Friendsgiving weekend in Massachusett...
The start and stop of the sink was nothing compared to the clinking and clanking of the dishes. I'd ...
It's not like I needed a reminder. I was well aware I'd been spreading myself thin again. That reali...
Today marks a whole month without the Substack app. In its absence, one thing has become supremely c...
I wrote my morning pages on my typewriter for the first (and maybe last) time. I've been typing shor...
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