Cate Hall - Useful Fictions

[brainstorm]

Cate Hall is formerly the world no. 1 female poker player and a Supreme Court attorney (plus some other interesting life experiences). She has an interesting substack I've been following for a while: https://usefulfictions.substack.com/

There are a variety of posts relevant to ERE and lifestyle design in general:

• Agency: I used to be a high-performing robot and How to be more agentic (and also a book coming in 2026 that expands upon this post)
• Self-improvement, personality theory (particularly Enneagram): Crossing the cringe minefield
• Commitment, goal-setting, systems: Tying yourself to the mast

Haven't seen her mentioned before here, but I think some folks would enjoy. Happy reading!

[theanimal]

Her posts are great. There is one thread on her "How to be more Agentic" essay here: viewtopic.php?t=13056

Her husband is Sasha Chapin and his essays definitely rival hers. https://substack.com/@sashachapin/posts

One I particularly enjoyed was "How to Like Everything More: On the Skill of Enjoyment"