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NEW MENTALITIES

The thinking that doesn't fit the feed.

A bi-weekly letter from the founder. Long-form and personal.

The Notes

Most of what we share publicly is short-form. Quotes, designs, ideas compressed to fit a feed. The notes are where we let those ideas breathe. Longer pieces, sometimes half-formed thinking. One letter every other week. From the founder, not the brand.


Over the last few years I've built this brand into something that reaches a few million people a month. The notes are the part of that work that doesn't make the grid.

— Mason Hughes, Founder of New Mentalities


  • Long-form essays on identity, discipline, momentum, and the things I'm currently working through
  • Behind-the-scenes thinking on what I'm building, reading, and making
  • Earlier drafts of ideas that eventually become public posts
  • Occasional pieces I won't post anywhere else