"Wake me up when it's 2024"

Time to meet fullempty - less news, more letter. And why it may matter.

2020 was hard. But we weren’t prepared for 2021. Apocalyptic Covid waves, deaths at a magnitude we have never seen, collective waves of grief.

2022 is ending on a hard note for many across the world. Layoffs, recession, ‘tech-winter’, downturn, anxiety, uncertainty.

As we go into a brand new year, into 2023 - I sense optimism wavering, flickering. A mixed bag of hope and fears. Prayers and pessimism. Past expectations gone sour colour the view of what’s to come. In a dipstick poll amongst friends and colleagues - the top choice was “wake me up when it’s 2024”.

In the midst of all these large scale changes which seem so hopelessly beyond our control, how do we make sense of our careers, of work and life? And a path forward?

This isn’t exactly a newsletter - it’s less news, much more a letter. A letter to you every week. An exploration and advice, exercises and reflections to find meaning and fulfilment - in your work and life.

Fullempty draws from my own journeys in mindfulness and meditation, exploring neuroscience, philosophy, psychology, Advaita and Buddhism. I am not an expert, just a curious connector of dots. I draw from the many masters, seekers and seers who have gone before us. And from my long career and the multiple reinventions. And it comes at a time when I see a very interesting fork in the timeline. Stay tuned…

“The future is a concept, it doesn't exist. There is no such thing as tomorrow. There never will be, because time is always now.”

Alan Watts, 1977