What Henrik Karlsson thinks about ambition

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Swedish essayist who writes Escaping Flatland, a newsletter of essays on relationships, thinking, writing and homeschooling.

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10 Sept 2026

Our readingA long life gives enough time to try many different pursuits, get confused, and start over more than once.

Their wordsBut life, if we're lucky, is very long. We have plenty of time to try different things, to live different lives, to be confused, and figure things out, and then be confused again.

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