Archive - The Augustate

Why Your Creative Ideas Die at the Starting Line — and How to Revive Them

There’s no right way to begin but there are infinite wrong ways worth exploring

Jun 11 •

May 2025

Reality Never Felt Real to Me

Why reality feels like a suggestion and how I learned to rewrite it

May 31 •

How to Regain Calm When Life Feels Overwhelming

Guide on how to come back to yourself when it feels like your life is out of your control

May 21 •

What’s the Point If Not Trying?

Because your dream deserves at least as much effort as your fallback plan

May 10 •

The Antidote to Gut Hell Featuring Protein Craze And Skinnitok

Fitness cults don’t want you to think for yourself, it's time to take a radical stance

May 2 •

April 2025

The Cure for Chronic Daydreaming

Daydreamer's unofficial guide where inspiration meets actualization

Apr 23 •

Hot Girls Try Self Help, Then Reminiscence With Regret

One TikTok, seven books, and a spiritual identity crisis later, here’s my unhinged ranking of advice from self-help books from worst to best

Apr 17 •

Deeply Human Guide to Social Circles That Make You Feel Alive Again

Craving real social circles in an age of digital isolation? True connection takes quiet courage, an invitation, a presence, a spark. Here’s a guide to…

Apr 8 •

The Collapse of Community: Are We Too Lazy to Belong?

We crave connection, but we’ve stopped putting in the effort-has convenience killed real communities?

Apr 2 •

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