The 2015 Retrospective
Dear Reader, To me, retrospective writing is a bit lazy. All you do is list out bullet points of what happened throughout the year. There’s not much thought...
The Blind Artist
Dear Reader, It's Thursday, four days away from when I was supposed to release the letter. The first two attempts at writing the letter seemed terrible. I...
On Peak Growth
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, This week, I’ve busted out the sharpies. During the Black Friday weekend, I bought a set of...
A Year of Jear-Bear Letters
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Let’s keep this a bit informal. I’m thankful for a year of newsletters, thankful for all of...
On Self-Doubt
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, It's good to be back writing. I took a break last week traveling to San Luis Obispo to...
Another Rain Story
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, I wanted to write something short and sweet because I woke up to the rain. I wrote about...
Short Update About Releases
Dear Reader, I want to give a short update about a change in schedule for these emails. I'm changing it to every other week until the end of this year. My...
On Audiobooks
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, I wrote this short piece about Audiobooks. I stopped myself from going off a tangent about...
Marathon Acknowledgements
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? This is not a typical newsletter. Being a bit exhausted, I've decided to write some acknowledgements to...
Christmas in October
Dear Reader, After a week hiatus, I got around to editing my letter. I wanted to wait to make it sound... more legible. I still have my copy of Infinite Jest...
On Obituaries
Dear Reader, I'm late again. I'm realizing I'm better at writing on the train to and from work; something about my creative mind flowing better. I had a bit...
The Inner Game of Desert Running
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, Yes, it's Wednesday. I wasn't able to make my Monday deadline, and I finished this letter...
Reacting vs. Responding
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?Dear Reader, Next week I will not release a "Jear-Bear Letter" essay because I'm on vacation! I know, I...
On Passing The Torch
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Dear Reader, I had every intention to finish my writing last Monday evening, but my parents made plans...
Journal of Self-Evaluation
Dear Readers, I had a few false starts with drafts. I wanted to talk about the pleasures of geeking out, about racial integration, about xenophobia, about...
On Collections
Hello Dear Reader, I hate this feeling. I wrote half an essay, yet I really want to get my essay out there. I wanted to add mixed media, i.e. photos and...
On Perceived Difficulty
Dear Reader, Congratulations to Simon for being the first winner of the monthly book giveaway! I really like this idea of slowly giving parts of my bookshelf...
On Fireflies
?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"? Hello Dear Reader, I had a draft of this letter a few weeks ago at the beginning of summer, but it...
Past Writer, Present Writer
Dear Reader, In anticipation of increased readership, I've decided to clear some space on my ever-expanding bookshelf. Each month, I'm going to pick, at...
On Burnout
On Burnout I've been experiencing heavy burnout over the past few weeks. I didn't spare myself much time besides work, scheduled play, travel, and sleep....