Blog — Stacey Durnin

You Don’t Need a Purpose (At Least Not the Way You Think)

You Don’t Need a Purpose (At Least Not the Way You Think)

What if instead of finding your life’s purpose, you focus on finding ways to live purposefully?

modern lifeStacey DurninMay 24, 2025purpose, productivity, wonder

Grounding Yourself in the Aesthetics of the Mundane

Grounding Yourself in the Aesthetics of the Mundane

modern lifeStacey DurninApril 6, 2025grounding, change, challenge

Resolve to rest: Giving ourselves permission to just... be

Resolve to rest: Giving ourselves permission to just... be

modern lifeStacey DurninJanuary 31, 2025modern life, traditions, New Year's, calendar, productivity

On Being Derailed

On Being Derailed

modern lifeStacey DurninOctober 18, 2024modern life, productivity, creativity

Description of a Setting: The Honey House

Description of a Setting: The Honey House

fictionStacey DurninSeptember 30, 2024Flash fiction, short story, Story behind a story

The lost art of wondering

The lost art of wondering

modern lifeStacey DurninMay 21, 2024wonder, thinking, childhood, curiosity

For anyone desperately looking for a job right now—it’s not you, it’s them.

For anyone desperately looking for a job right now—it’s not you, it’s them.

modern lifeStacey DurninJanuary 31, 2024job seekers, job search, unemployment

What does a "comfortable life" really cost us?

What does a "comfortable life" really cost us?

modern lifeStacey DurninNovember 30, 2023modern life

Don't scare away the fish

Don't scare away the fish

Stacey DurninJune 15, 2023

Release me into the wild

Release me into the wild

modern life, PoetryStacey DurninMay 16, 2023modern life

[fiction]

[fiction]

PoetryStacey DurninApril 20, 2023poetry

Sasha

Sasha

fictionStacey DurninMarch 21, 2023Flash fiction, short story

What is art? And what is art now that we have AI?

What is art? And what is art now that we have AI?

modern lifeStacey DurninMarch 14, 2023modern life, AI, art

How to be mindful and present, and still find time to go to work

How to be mindful and present, and still find time to go to work

Stacey DurninFebruary 28, 2023

[overcome]

[overcome]

PoetryStacey DurninFebruary 26, 2023poetryComment

Is recycling really going to save us?

Is recycling really going to save us?

consumerismStacey DurninFebruary 24, 2023consumerism, recycling, consumption, capitalismComment

What's the speed limit to modern life?

What's the speed limit to modern life?

modern lifeStacey DurninJanuary 23, 2023modern life, healthComment

Things to stop immediately

Things to stop immediately

modern lifeStacey DurninJanuary 17, 2023Comment

[the hardest part]

[the hardest part]

PoetryStacey DurninJanuary 3, 2023Comment

Why January is a terrible time to make resolutions

Why January is a terrible time to make resolutions

Stacey DurninDecember 13, 2022Comment