Emily Yaskowitz
@emilyyaskowitz.bsky.social
Writer of the Friday Filter. https://emilyyaskowitz.substack.com/
The ideas in here have helped me to keep my head down and do the work
These ideas keep me grounded as the world speeds up
Follow the trail long enough
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November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The ideas in here have helped me to keep my head down and do the work
“It was a brilliant idea: You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be.”
Read the rest of Richard Feynman’s story about how having fun led to the Noble prize.
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Read the rest of Richard Feynman’s story about how having fun led to the Noble prize.
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Do the work, and let destiny take care of the rest
“There are a million different versions, this is mine.”
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November 1, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“It was a brilliant idea: You have no responsibility to live up to what other people think you ought to accomplish. I have no responsibility to be like they expect me to be.”
Read the rest of Richard Feynman’s story about how having fun led to the Noble prize.
open.substack.com/pub/emilyyas...
Read the rest of Richard Feynman’s story about how having fun led to the Noble prize.
open.substack.com/pub/emilyyas...
If you do creative work, you'll want to read this
Do the work, and let destiny take care of the rest
“There are a million different versions, this is mine.”
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October 31, 2025 at 4:21 PM
If you do creative work, you'll want to read this
Today's newsletter is one of my favorites. On what happens when you just decide, and follow the thread inch by inch.
Decide, then follow the thread
I was incredibly honored to be featured on the Daily Stoic podcast this month.
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September 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Today's newsletter is one of my favorites. On what happens when you just decide, and follow the thread inch by inch.
Incredibly honored to be featured on Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic podcast this month about how Stoicism changed my life. (Starts around the 2:45 mark)
You Prove Stoicism WORKS | Listener Stories (BONUS)
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September 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Incredibly honored to be featured on Ryan Holiday’s Daily Stoic podcast this month about how Stoicism changed my life. (Starts around the 2:45 mark)
Very honored to be featured on The Daily Stoic podcast!
You Prove Stoicism WORKS | Listener Stories (BONUS)
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September 10, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Very honored to be featured on The Daily Stoic podcast!
Read this month’s newsletter and book recommendations 📚
This is something I try to always remember
There’s a story about Socrates’ teenage son, Lamprocles, who complained bitterly that his mother—Socrates’ famously fiery wife—nagged him nonstop.
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August 29, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Read this month’s newsletter and book recommendations 📚
Just updated my list of favorite books (by category!) Which ones have you read??
My favorite books
A growing list of my favorite books
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July 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just updated my list of favorite books (by category!) Which ones have you read??
Today’s newsletter and book recommendations
This might be what's holding you back
Lately, I’ve been immersed in the diaries of Etty Hillesum.
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July 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Today’s newsletter and book recommendations
The courage to let people watch you fail.
Read today's newsletter below.
Read today's newsletter below.
The courage to let people watch you fail
A bonus Filter
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July 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The courage to let people watch you fail.
Read today's newsletter below.
Read today's newsletter below.
Some thoughts on using time. (Also, this month's book recommendations)
Pause, tighten, start, relax
Some ideas for using time
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June 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Some thoughts on using time. (Also, this month's book recommendations)
Laundry or writing? The hit or the serenity?
This or that?
A bonus Filter
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June 13, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Laundry or writing? The hit or the serenity?
This is one of my favorite philosophical ideas.
No matter what, you will always have this
The peace that comes from following your heart
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May 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
This is one of my favorite philosophical ideas.
“A woman once told me that her writing prompt was this sentence: I don’t know what to write about. She assured me that it always led somewhere.” -Anna Quindlen
Why I'm still writing Morning Pages 12 Years Later
People are often surprised when I tell them I write three pages in my journal each morning.
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April 29, 2025 at 2:42 PM
“A woman once told me that her writing prompt was this sentence: I don’t know what to write about. She assured me that it always led somewhere.” -Anna Quindlen
Writing this month’s article about Morning Pages made me realize something wild: every major turning point in my life can be traced back to when I was writing them. If there is one thing they do better than anything else, it’s this: they get you to take action.
Why I'm still writing Morning Pages 12 Years Later
People are often surprised when I tell them I write three pages in my journal each morning.
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April 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Writing this month’s article about Morning Pages made me realize something wild: every major turning point in my life can be traced back to when I was writing them. If there is one thing they do better than anything else, it’s this: they get you to take action.
After 12+ years, this is why I still write Morning Pages. #JuliaCameron
This is why I write Morning Pages
People are often surprised when I tell them I write three pages in my journal each morning.
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April 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
After 12+ years, this is why I still write Morning Pages. #JuliaCameron
The Art of Walking Through Walls -one of my favorite newsletters. On persistence and determination w/ stories of Clive Cussler, The Boys in the Boat, & Shaka Senghor.
The Art of Walking Through Walls
In 1984, a scientist named Jean-Pierre Petit proposed something strange: what if there were two overlapping worlds—ours and a mirror version of it?
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March 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The Art of Walking Through Walls -one of my favorite newsletters. On persistence and determination w/ stories of Clive Cussler, The Boys in the Boat, & Shaka Senghor.
“In other words,” he says, “to operate on the assumption that somewhere, in . . . .your work or your life, lurks at least one decision you could make, right now, in order to get unstuck and get moving.” Read the rest here:
Tiny-but-real decisions
Tiny-But-Real Decisions
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February 28, 2025 at 5:54 PM
“In other words,” he says, “to operate on the assumption that somewhere, in . . . .your work or your life, lurks at least one decision you could make, right now, in order to get unstuck and get moving.” Read the rest here:
Books used to creat today’s newsletter open.substack.com/pub/emilyyas...
February 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Books used to creat today’s newsletter open.substack.com/pub/emilyyas...
“What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” -Mark Doty
February 27, 2025 at 11:41 PM
“What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” -Mark Doty
A book about why we want to keep reading a story. How have I not read this yet??
February 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A book about why we want to keep reading a story. How have I not read this yet??
Sometimes I go down reading rabbit holes and Amazon is here every other day
February 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sometimes I go down reading rabbit holes and Amazon is here every other day
The #1 cause of relationship problems: Ego.
See the other eight lessons I’ve learned from more than a decade in a relationship
See the other eight lessons I’ve learned from more than a decade in a relationship
9 lessons I’ve learned from 10 years in a relationship
My wife and I celebrated our 10th anniversary this month, and as a gift, I made a little scrapbook of our first 10 years together.
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February 17, 2025 at 11:42 PM
The #1 cause of relationship problems: Ego.
See the other eight lessons I’ve learned from more than a decade in a relationship
See the other eight lessons I’ve learned from more than a decade in a relationship
Wow.. hard to put down
February 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Wow.. hard to put down