#137: When to give up on a dream
Smart quitting is such a vital skill.
Something that my Substack audience generally doesn’t know about me: before I was known as a writer, I was a mediocre singer-songwriter, in my early 20s. I’d taken this up after failing to finish a novel had tanked my mental health. I told everyone I was done with writing, but I still needed some way to get... See more
Something that my Substack audience generally doesn’t know about me: before I was known as a writer, I was a mediocre singer-songwriter, in my early 20s. I’d taken this up after failing to finish a novel had tanked my mental health. I told everyone I was done with writing, but I still needed some way to get... See more
Sasha Chapin • Sasha Chapin (@sashachapin)
Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it... See more