Finisher
an opportunity for breaks: to pause and reflect, reconfigure.
Robin Sloan • Advice for newsletter-ers
The trick to finishing things when the prospect seems overwhelming is simply to redefine what counts as finished. Instead of viewing the completion of a project as something that happens only occasionally, after days or weeks of work, think of your days as consisting in the sequential completion of a series of small ‘deliverables.’ ‘Deliverables’ i
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
The great question of the Anth: What happens next?
Robin Sloan • Moonbound: A Novel
When you believe the work before you is the single piece that will forever define you, it’s difficult to let it go. The urge for perfection is overwhelming. It’s too much. We are frozen, and sometimes end up convincing ourselves that discarding the entire work is the only way to move forward. The only art the world gets to enjoy is from creators wh... See more
The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories
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(Most people probably won’t finish the book, enabling the author to profit)