Advait Sangle
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Advait Sangle
My goals, then, are to be more aware of the diminishing returns to pursuing “greatness,” and to be more forgiving of myself when I fail.
Skipping Stones
I was flipping through my journal the other day and realized I’ve had these same thoughts before. I made a list titled “The Art of Inconvenience.” The list includes:
A bit random, I know, but what ties them together for me is this: they require more effort to enjoy than... See more
- Tea kettles
- Record players
- Moka pots
- Bookstores
- Thrifting
- Polaroids
- High heels
- Magazines
A bit random, I know, but what ties them together for me is this: they require more effort to enjoy than... See more
discomfort is the price you pay for a fulfilling life
this is also my cope for mechanical keyboards — but i do think there is some truth to this, esp if done in moderation. this is to say, the process of selecting my keyboard, picking custom switches, swapping them out, and maintaining and cleaning it every month is incredibly meaningful to me (even though most people can’t tell the difference). the same used to be true for coffee and my aeropress.
at the same time, there is literally no world in which i would get a record player, but i have a friend who has a walkman in 2025. to each their own ig!
I'm very ashamed to say this, but there is an error in the recent Switch patch.
The game is mostly playable, but there are a few crashes, and some text will be garbled. Avoid artifact troves and back room of adventure guild.
We're working on another patch as fast as possible
The game is mostly playable, but there are a few crashes, and some text will be garbled. Avoid artifact troves and back room of adventure guild.
We're working on another patch as fast as possible
ConcernedApe • Tweet
life can be good
Beyond success—to be the best, to be “great” (whatever that means) requires some level of obsession. The best rock skippers in the world don’t stop when they feel satisfied—they keep practicing until they are sweaty, and sore, and then they keep on skipping.
So no, I don’t think I want to be happy. More precisely, I don’t want to be happy as much as... See more
So no, I don’t think I want to be happy. More precisely, I don’t want to be happy as much as... See more
Skipping Stones
design and capitalism
more on the homogenization of culture and algorithms making everything the same, because they have to all compete in the same market place on the same metrics globally all the time
all cafes look the same as well
interesting → tldr research papers are more boring now stylistically bcoz the industry grew a lot bigger and there was a need for standardization to deal with this scale
Everyone thinks they have a discipline problem, but this is a symptom and not a cause. You’re probably suffering of a much deeper problem: detachment.
Let's Solve Your Lack of Discipline
type shit