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Jeff Richardson
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Stories by Jeff Richardson
Long-form writing published on Lavish. For more voices and discovery, visit the community blogs home.
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21 public stories
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Happy New Year. This Is Temporary.
Happy New Year. You are going to die. If that sounds like a threat... it's not, it's just a fact....
on being present in the car dropoff line
On most days, the drive to school is one of my favorite parts of being a parent. It’s this littl...
What we mean when we say "alternative social media"
When people hear "alternative social media," they usually think of a different version of what th...
Stories (21)
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on making the short film Nemesis
Dead End Film House started as a group of cousins making movies together. Skyler, Louie, and I wo...
on the stories we tell ourselves
Today I spent most of the day caring way too much about things I cannot actually control. Will an...
November 18th, 2026
Win Big While You Share: The Lavish Made Referral Contest Ready to turn your love for Lavish Mad...
What a Community Really Is
Community has become one of those words that gets used so often it loses meaning. We talk about "...
Why I love Halloween
Mrs. Lively had a name that fit her personality. I lived in a small town in Oklahoma that was, at...
Why we made LavishMade
It’s easy to forget, as we scroll endlessly through feeds engineered to be bottomless, that the i...
Imposter Syndrome and the Work I’m Still Learning to Own
Note to self: Imposter syndrome can get so loud after something goes wrong. But not everything ...
The Aura of You or: what happens when we flatten ourselves to fit the feed
I first heard about Walter Benjamin through a Weird Studies episode. They were talking about a pi...
It feels lonely here
I’m feeling a lot of things today. There’s been a lot of talk about “male loneliness” lately, but...
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Just Brothers
My brother passed away on July 12th. Over 9 years ago now. I still can’t believe that. He was my ...
On Being Present (Even When It’s Loud)
I struggle a lot with being present. I think some of it has to do with sensory overwhelm and how ...
On Magic, Creation, and Feeling Safe
I’ve been reading a lot. A lot about the history of the internet, a lot about social media... a l...
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100 Workouts and Turning 36 Years Old and random thoughts
I turned 36 yesterday. I also finished my 100th workout. Leg day, again. It’s a pattern, I guess....
Is everybody happy I am the god who created this cartoon
I’ve decided I’m going to attempt to read Thus Spoke Zarathustra. And I say “attempt” because tha...
On Spells, Kids, and Leg Day
Today is Fathers Day and for some reason, I've never given it much thought. Except today I am. Mo...
Every day is halloween
“Who we are is whom we choose to be at any given moment, depending on personality, whim, temperam...
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