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- The opposite of anxiety isn’t calmness; it’s creativity.
from The ‘Brave’ Gremlin
- Anu Atluru writes:
“I have a theory that chasing things that scale makes you need therapy, and the therapy is pursuing things that can’t scale. I once wrote that every entrepreneur’s dream is to succeed at building an impossibly hard business and then finally open a local coffee shop to be happy.”
from Notes on scale + quality
On Keeping a Notebook - Joan Didion
Joan Didion reflects on the personal and introspective nature of keeping a notebook, delving into memory, self-reflection, and the significance of past experiences.
by Joan Didion
21 highlights
- “Keep coming back. It works if you work it, so work it, because you’re worth it.”
from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
- My reason is existential. By writing the things that pop into my head down into my notebook, I teach my brain that those ideas - my ideas - are worthy of being written down at all.
Each note becomes another brick of the house I’m building, a monument to a simple yet elusive truth: that what I notice is worth noticing.from "Why do I keep a notebook at all?"
- “You’re not healing to handle the trauma, you know how to do that already. You’re healing to handle the joy.”
from A Big Intimate Catch Up:
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- Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
from Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
taste
- Ask yourself, "What would I be doing differently if I KNEW FOR SURE I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AS AN ARTIST?" Make a list of those things. This list is gold.
from if you really believed in yourself
2. People Who Believe In Themselves Prepare For Success
I'd hate for something I make to go viral and then watch as nothing changes afterwards. No new fans, followers, or subscribers even though that ONE thing I did hit so hard.
I'd hate to get a big opportunity—like a celebrity shoutout, or being introduced to someone who can change my life—and then... See morefrom if you really believed in yourself
expectancy — preparation
“I know a lot of people who make things who don’t stand proudly by their stuff,” Tyler says. “I don’t know if they’re too cool or they don’t want to look thirsty, but they’ll put a song out once on their stories — and that’s it.
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"You went through something. You figured something out in a structured format. You recorded it. Not just one take. Partsfrom Rethinking the unbearable weight of self-promotion