A Thousand Unlived Lives
On how attention, environment, choice, and action create new directions in life.
Explore bookRead a samplePDFRoman Tretiakov Author of Mechanics of Life
Books and ideas about how attention, environment, choices, and actions shape the direction of a life — and the futures still within reach.

On how attention, environment, choice, and action create new directions in life.
Explore bookRead a samplePDFOn surviving the end of a relationship, rebuilding your sense of self, and learning how to move forward.
Explore bookMechanics of Life is a body of books and ideas about the forces that shape a human life: attention, environment, relationships, choices, and repeated action. Not a set of answers — an attempt to understand the causes behind the lives we build.
with Roman Tretiakov
Conversations about identity, relationships, change, and creativity. Part of Mechanics of Life.
About the podcast
Roman Tretiakov is the author of Mechanics of Life. His books and ideas explore identity, choice, loss, rebuilding, and creativity.
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