Orion Maxfield

Writing.

Sorted by where it hurts. Every piece here does one job: get a depleted man one step closer to the shade, or one step up from it. If it doesn't do that, it doesn't go up.

Late nights and the phone

Why the thing you keep going back to was never really about the thing.

  • The thing you go back to is not the problem

    First piece for this room. Being written now.

    In progress

The empty feeling

Futility, drift, and the sense that nothing is asking anything of you.

  • You're not lazy. Nothing is asking anything of you.

    You finish your work in thirty minutes and spend the rest of the day on things that leave you emptier. That isn't a discipline problem. It's what happens to a capable man when nothing needs him.

    Draft · 6 min read

Keeping every rule

Perfectionism, scrupulosity, and a faith that stopped feeling like good news.

  • The gospel was never this heavy

    First piece for this room. Being written now.

    In progress

Dating and worthiness

What it does to a man to decide he doesn't deserve to be chosen.

  • She isn't going to find out you're human

    First piece for this room. Being written now.

    In progress

One short thing when it's up.

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