rob hardy
@ungated.life
writer of manifestos, petter of cats.
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Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good.
“To Come Home To Yourself”
“To Come Home To Yourself”
October 4, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Friend gave me a John O’Donohue book recently. It’s quite good.
“To Come Home To Yourself”
“To Come Home To Yourself”
moloch feeds on our shame
September 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
moloch feeds on our shame
thesis i'm about to fuck with:
if i publish my best writing as a high-quality physical artifact, and keep it entirely off the internet (no pdfs or digital versions at all), it will feel substantially more valuable for readers, and create far more economic value for me
if i publish my best writing as a high-quality physical artifact, and keep it entirely off the internet (no pdfs or digital versions at all), it will feel substantially more valuable for readers, and create far more economic value for me
September 16, 2025 at 12:11 AM
thesis i'm about to fuck with:
if i publish my best writing as a high-quality physical artifact, and keep it entirely off the internet (no pdfs or digital versions at all), it will feel substantially more valuable for readers, and create far more economic value for me
if i publish my best writing as a high-quality physical artifact, and keep it entirely off the internet (no pdfs or digital versions at all), it will feel substantially more valuable for readers, and create far more economic value for me
honestly same
i use claude because of the fonts
August 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
honestly same
old story in rob's head: ahhhhhhh i'm feeling super overwhelmed by my to do list, so i should prob run away and do a bunch of recreational numbing in the name of "self care"
new story: the more i do the better i feel
new story: the more i do the better i feel
July 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
old story in rob's head: ahhhhhhh i'm feeling super overwhelmed by my to do list, so i should prob run away and do a bunch of recreational numbing in the name of "self care"
new story: the more i do the better i feel
new story: the more i do the better i feel
every time i quit coffee, it takes less than two weeks before i realize that nope my life is unequivocally better with coffee in it
July 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
every time i quit coffee, it takes less than two weeks before i realize that nope my life is unequivocally better with coffee in it
just like woody guthrie had a guitar that said "this machine kills fascists" i think i'm gonna get a tattoo that says "this machine pets cats"
July 6, 2025 at 1:25 PM
just like woody guthrie had a guitar that said "this machine kills fascists" i think i'm gonna get a tattoo that says "this machine pets cats"
we lost our way when we started worshipping statistics more than stories
July 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
we lost our way when we started worshipping statistics more than stories
type of guy who's learning to love being a work in progress
July 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
type of guy who's learning to love being a work in progress
have you ever felt genuinely moved by writing from chatgpt or claude?
July 4, 2025 at 1:24 PM
have you ever felt genuinely moved by writing from chatgpt or claude?
might fuck around and start a physical newsletter business
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
might fuck around and start a physical newsletter business
just wrote a super personal six-sentence manifesto that gets at the core of how I’ve self-sabotaged with money and work over the last decade
feels very freeing seeing this whole story in one place
feels very freeing seeing this whole story in one place
June 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
just wrote a super personal six-sentence manifesto that gets at the core of how I’ve self-sabotaged with money and work over the last decade
feels very freeing seeing this whole story in one place
feels very freeing seeing this whole story in one place
YOU NEED A MANIFESTO
50 reasons to declare your independence
50 reasons to declare your independence
June 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
YOU NEED A MANIFESTO
50 reasons to declare your independence
50 reasons to declare your independence
brb gonna trade my synthetic certainty for authentic confusion
June 24, 2025 at 5:06 PM
brb gonna trade my synthetic certainty for authentic confusion
my working definition of perfectionism is that it's the pathological need to be perceived as both special and exceptional, because you learned that love and acceptance are conditional on being perceived that way
June 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
my working definition of perfectionism is that it's the pathological need to be perceived as both special and exceptional, because you learned that love and acceptance are conditional on being perceived that way
new spiritual practice just dropped
(choosing not to amplify things on this platform that annoy/anger me)
(choosing not to amplify things on this platform that annoy/anger me)
June 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
new spiritual practice just dropped
(choosing not to amplify things on this platform that annoy/anger me)
(choosing not to amplify things on this platform that annoy/anger me)
i've gotta get more threatening (playful)
i've gotta get more playful (threat)
June 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
i've gotta get more threatening (playful)
i have entered my "rob is obsessed with monospace fonts" era
June 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
i have entered my "rob is obsessed with monospace fonts" era
one day in the not too distant future, i suspect many of us will regret having poured so much of ourselves into chatgpt, having freely given so much psycho-emotional context about ourselves to an entity that will, almost certainly, find ways to abuse it
June 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
one day in the not too distant future, i suspect many of us will regret having poured so much of ourselves into chatgpt, having freely given so much psycho-emotional context about ourselves to an entity that will, almost certainly, find ways to abuse it
guys i am so tired of the whole nonfiction convention of "clever anecdote > description of scientific study that supposedly confirms anecdote > author giving you tidy, prepackaged Insights based on scientifically confirmed anecdote"
like, i get a visceral ick reaction from it
like, i get a visceral ick reaction from it
June 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
guys i am so tired of the whole nonfiction convention of "clever anecdote > description of scientific study that supposedly confirms anecdote > author giving you tidy, prepackaged Insights based on scientifically confirmed anecdote"
like, i get a visceral ick reaction from it
like, i get a visceral ick reaction from it
"there's more power in practicing who we want to be, than in constantly analyzing why we're not already"
June 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"there's more power in practicing who we want to be, than in constantly analyzing why we're not already"
today is gonna be a day of culinary experimentation in the hardy household 😈
June 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
today is gonna be a day of culinary experimentation in the hardy household 😈
of all the emails in my inbox, this one makes me happiest
June 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
of all the emails in my inbox, this one makes me happiest