And if I’m honest in the work, maybe I could be honest as a person. Maybe.
Martin Scorsese: “I Have To Find Out Who The Hell I Am.”
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And if I’m honest in the work, maybe I could be honest as a person. Maybe.
For me, honesty is a daily struggle. There’s always a part of me that wants to embellish the story just the slightest bit, to make myself look better, or to make an excuse for bad behavior. Now I try hard to fight that urge.
Anna Lembke • Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
I accept the fact that I’m never going to understand why I fell for this awful concept. But, as with every failure along the way, I prefer to focus on something positive. Building a more authentic self online and offline is an example and the very Mastodon debate that prompted this post is proof that it works. Leaving the idea of a permanent fake p... See more
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Because here's the truth: thought without agency is just yearning, but acting without imagination is just busywork.
Welcome to 2025: On Building the Futures We've Been Yearning For
I just want to do writing that feels honest
visakan veerasamy • if i'm honest with myself
putting myself out in the world in a way that makes me feel good about it...
We always end up being ourselves, somehow. I was who I was long before I consciously became the person I am. Being unseen makes me feel different than other people, but I’ve always felt different than other people. Invisibility isn’t the issue. The difference is that I’ve always possessed the single-minded dedication to make an impossible scenario
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