Glossary
The words used on this site, in plain English.
- Name it
- Saying clearly what is happening and what I’m feeling, in plain words. The first step.
- Tame it
- Seeing what is really going on, separating it from the story I tell about it, and getting some control back.
- Then act
- Taking one sensible next step instead of spiralling.
- One sensible next step
- The smallest useful action I can take today. Not a plan for everything.
- Spiralling
- When one hard thought pulls in the next and the problem feels bigger than it is.
- Agency
- The sense that my choices still matter, even when much is out of my hands.
- From loss of control to agency
- The thread of every story here: how someone moved from things happening to them, back to choosing what they do next.
- Forms of capital
- A lens, not career advice: the different kinds of wealth a person has, such as skills, relationships, time and health, not only money. After Ethan Roland and Gregory Landua’s “8 Forms of Capital” (2011).
- Life after AI
- How everyday life, work and meaning change as AI takes over more tasks.
- Survivor stories
- The series of true stories on this site. See Stories.