Wondering Chris
@wonderingchris.bsky.social
Educator, writer, and lifelong learner. Exploring stories, philosophy, and personal growth to spark curiosity and connection. Sharing wisdom and wonder. Wonderers can join me over at www.wonderingchris.com
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The world feels too loud, unique voices lost in crowded patterns.
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
The key to self education is to assume you're always wrong, care that you don't know, and seek to rectify. Validating your feelings as you go, being inspired, being humbled, and being reflective so that you can be stronger tomorrow.
December 28, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The key to self education is to assume you're always wrong, care that you don't know, and seek to rectify. Validating your feelings as you go, being inspired, being humbled, and being reflective so that you can be stronger tomorrow.
Seek masters of their craft who both inspire and humble you. There is always something to learn, regardless of domain. That is how you grow.
December 25, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Seek masters of their craft who both inspire and humble you. There is always something to learn, regardless of domain. That is how you grow.
I’d rather be underestimated than overestimated.
It keeps the power of surprise intact.
Revelation of an inner depth.
For the kind, a shared delight.
For the unkind, a reminder of others' depth.
Both invitations for humility.
Giving others a chance while I, too, practice it.
It keeps the power of surprise intact.
Revelation of an inner depth.
For the kind, a shared delight.
For the unkind, a reminder of others' depth.
Both invitations for humility.
Giving others a chance while I, too, practice it.
December 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I’d rather be underestimated than overestimated.
It keeps the power of surprise intact.
Revelation of an inner depth.
For the kind, a shared delight.
For the unkind, a reminder of others' depth.
Both invitations for humility.
Giving others a chance while I, too, practice it.
It keeps the power of surprise intact.
Revelation of an inner depth.
For the kind, a shared delight.
For the unkind, a reminder of others' depth.
Both invitations for humility.
Giving others a chance while I, too, practice it.
Each day, you find more of yourself - the good and the bad.
Both becoming more of yourself and already being enough. The march of time bringing you forward.
Honour the efforts of the past as, at each of those moments, you were already enough while also becoming more.
Both becoming more of yourself and already being enough. The march of time bringing you forward.
Honour the efforts of the past as, at each of those moments, you were already enough while also becoming more.
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Each day, you find more of yourself - the good and the bad.
Both becoming more of yourself and already being enough. The march of time bringing you forward.
Honour the efforts of the past as, at each of those moments, you were already enough while also becoming more.
Both becoming more of yourself and already being enough. The march of time bringing you forward.
Honour the efforts of the past as, at each of those moments, you were already enough while also becoming more.
Some days I wake up engaged. Other days the world feels exhausted, weak, and drab.
On those days, it’s the smallest wins of my morning routine, and gentle, easy-to-answer questions, that keep me feeling able.
Find your smallest wins, and let them win the day before it begins.
On those days, it’s the smallest wins of my morning routine, and gentle, easy-to-answer questions, that keep me feeling able.
Find your smallest wins, and let them win the day before it begins.
December 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Some days I wake up engaged. Other days the world feels exhausted, weak, and drab.
On those days, it’s the smallest wins of my morning routine, and gentle, easy-to-answer questions, that keep me feeling able.
Find your smallest wins, and let them win the day before it begins.
On those days, it’s the smallest wins of my morning routine, and gentle, easy-to-answer questions, that keep me feeling able.
Find your smallest wins, and let them win the day before it begins.
Be a follower of others who helps them understand their world and feel like they belong before you request it.
You will find that as you solve their problem, so too will you solve yours.
You will find that as you solve their problem, so too will you solve yours.
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Be a follower of others who helps them understand their world and feel like they belong before you request it.
You will find that as you solve their problem, so too will you solve yours.
You will find that as you solve their problem, so too will you solve yours.
I don't like empty questions intended for engagement's sake. It's how you receive shallow answers to life's rich mysteries.
Be fascinated by how you ask the right, better, and quirky questions.
That's why I write my blog. To resolve the questions that keep me up at night.
Be fascinated by how you ask the right, better, and quirky questions.
That's why I write my blog. To resolve the questions that keep me up at night.
December 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't like empty questions intended for engagement's sake. It's how you receive shallow answers to life's rich mysteries.
Be fascinated by how you ask the right, better, and quirky questions.
That's why I write my blog. To resolve the questions that keep me up at night.
Be fascinated by how you ask the right, better, and quirky questions.
That's why I write my blog. To resolve the questions that keep me up at night.
Carry forward the confidence that your actions create consequences you don't get to control, while also understanding that you decide which actions are most satisfying. Pick actions you will remember as meaningful. Scale, focus, context, and environment - those are your levers.
December 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Carry forward the confidence that your actions create consequences you don't get to control, while also understanding that you decide which actions are most satisfying. Pick actions you will remember as meaningful. Scale, focus, context, and environment - those are your levers.
I’ll know I’ve made a difference when internally I feel like I can accept more, create more, and release more offerings to the world. Externally, it will look like my training, not the skill itself, the word crafting, not the article itself. Process is valuable, outcome is not.
December 19, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I’ll know I’ve made a difference when internally I feel like I can accept more, create more, and release more offerings to the world. Externally, it will look like my training, not the skill itself, the word crafting, not the article itself. Process is valuable, outcome is not.
The fact that I have more opportunities in front of me than I know what to do with doesn't mean 'I am not enough'. Quite the opposite. To have them at all means I have already proven I am enough and that I can grow to be more of what makes my personal enoughness, well...enough.
December 19, 2025 at 6:36 AM
The fact that I have more opportunities in front of me than I know what to do with doesn't mean 'I am not enough'. Quite the opposite. To have them at all means I have already proven I am enough and that I can grow to be more of what makes my personal enoughness, well...enough.
Push to grab opportunities before they disappear. Don't scream at yourself that you're not grabbing them fast enough. Grab them vulnerably and compassionately, surrendering to the acknowledgement that you can't catch them all, and that you can still tend to the ones you do.
December 19, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Push to grab opportunities before they disappear. Don't scream at yourself that you're not grabbing them fast enough. Grab them vulnerably and compassionately, surrendering to the acknowledgement that you can't catch them all, and that you can still tend to the ones you do.
To say something is 'simple' is to say that it's easy.
But, compared to what?
If the one saying it can't describe the details and unique ramifications that both the context and changes themselves provide, they don't understand it.
Be careful with what they ask of you next.
But, compared to what?
If the one saying it can't describe the details and unique ramifications that both the context and changes themselves provide, they don't understand it.
Be careful with what they ask of you next.
December 19, 2025 at 6:29 AM
To say something is 'simple' is to say that it's easy.
But, compared to what?
If the one saying it can't describe the details and unique ramifications that both the context and changes themselves provide, they don't understand it.
Be careful with what they ask of you next.
But, compared to what?
If the one saying it can't describe the details and unique ramifications that both the context and changes themselves provide, they don't understand it.
Be careful with what they ask of you next.
Expand your social sphere.
Not simply through meeting new people.
Meeting new mentors in books, podcasts, and videos.
If you do this across many disciplines and skills, you will find that their wisdom supports you when you meet the challenges of the world.
Not simply through meeting new people.
Meeting new mentors in books, podcasts, and videos.
If you do this across many disciplines and skills, you will find that their wisdom supports you when you meet the challenges of the world.
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Expand your social sphere.
Not simply through meeting new people.
Meeting new mentors in books, podcasts, and videos.
If you do this across many disciplines and skills, you will find that their wisdom supports you when you meet the challenges of the world.
Not simply through meeting new people.
Meeting new mentors in books, podcasts, and videos.
If you do this across many disciplines and skills, you will find that their wisdom supports you when you meet the challenges of the world.
The gateway to inspiring action in others is to stop asking yourself 'what you think others must do' and start asking other people: what they want, how they find it useful, and why it helps them feel like they belong. Then, reducing friction towards those paths.
December 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
The gateway to inspiring action in others is to stop asking yourself 'what you think others must do' and start asking other people: what they want, how they find it useful, and why it helps them feel like they belong. Then, reducing friction towards those paths.
Action is tiring for neurodiverse individuals, like me, as it's the act of constant, forced and inconsistent recalculation of: the world, its interactions, rules, and relationships. We are state machines that do everything anew, patterned from the past, yet unable to recall it.
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Action is tiring for neurodiverse individuals, like me, as it's the act of constant, forced and inconsistent recalculation of: the world, its interactions, rules, and relationships. We are state machines that do everything anew, patterned from the past, yet unable to recall it.
One of the biggest transitions in my life was when I was able to Aikido pivot my insecurity that "I am wasting my time" to a more useful position of "I don't want to let this opportunity slip away". The hard part is pivoting this pain every time he arrives.
December 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
One of the biggest transitions in my life was when I was able to Aikido pivot my insecurity that "I am wasting my time" to a more useful position of "I don't want to let this opportunity slip away". The hard part is pivoting this pain every time he arrives.
Don't conflate confidence with certainty; Stating things as though you are correct, simply because you'd like to be, doesn't mean you're right. True confidence comes from seeking the humility of being wrong, learning what you can, and then offering empathic support to others.
December 19, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Don't conflate confidence with certainty; Stating things as though you are correct, simply because you'd like to be, doesn't mean you're right. True confidence comes from seeking the humility of being wrong, learning what you can, and then offering empathic support to others.
If you want to figure out how best to succeed. Find as many ways to be proud of other people as possible.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If you want to figure out how best to succeed. Find as many ways to be proud of other people as possible.
Work to make it so that you remember today as the hours and days you spent becoming more so that you could offer more, create more; constantly absorbing the satisfaction and frustration of figuring out the puzzle of how to get there.
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Work to make it so that you remember today as the hours and days you spent becoming more so that you could offer more, create more; constantly absorbing the satisfaction and frustration of figuring out the puzzle of how to get there.
I'm such a weirdo. I was on my walk and saw a bike coming the other way on the road. He stuck his arm out to signal he was going left, and I had to fight the urge to do high-five him as he rode past with his arm out.
December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I'm such a weirdo. I was on my walk and saw a bike coming the other way on the road. He stuck his arm out to signal he was going left, and I had to fight the urge to do high-five him as he rode past with his arm out.
The world feels too loud, unique voices lost in crowded patterns.
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The world feels too loud, unique voices lost in crowded patterns.
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
I can only nurture curiosity, reflect glimpses of beauty, and wonder aloud - humanity's home.
I hope you find something you didn’t know you were seeking. A developing life. Welcome.
www.wonderingchris.com
I think neurodiverse people, like me, obsess over all the details because we are trying to make a reliable mental model of the world we don't have to constantly revisit and can trust. That and we can't help but see intriguing patterns between disparate things when we do.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I think neurodiverse people, like me, obsess over all the details because we are trying to make a reliable mental model of the world we don't have to constantly revisit and can trust. That and we can't help but see intriguing patterns between disparate things when we do.
You won’t become a completely different person overnight. Who you are now is the basis of who you will be tomorrow. The good news is that you're one day wiser each day.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You won’t become a completely different person overnight. Who you are now is the basis of who you will be tomorrow. The good news is that you're one day wiser each day.
Appreciation is the gateway to gratitude. Pay attention to the intricacies of everyday objects, how they are designed, and how the light and world fall onto it. Marvel at it, and you will begin to appreciate more of the world, slowly giving thanks that it exists at all.
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Appreciation is the gateway to gratitude. Pay attention to the intricacies of everyday objects, how they are designed, and how the light and world fall onto it. Marvel at it, and you will begin to appreciate more of the world, slowly giving thanks that it exists at all.
Simplicity is more complex than certainty. It's distilled understanding, shaped into a communicable and irreducible axiom that helps us update our mental model of the world. Each a result of deep thought and an act of service for future generations, not looking smart.
December 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Simplicity is more complex than certainty. It's distilled understanding, shaped into a communicable and irreducible axiom that helps us update our mental model of the world. Each a result of deep thought and an act of service for future generations, not looking smart.