On redefining what it means to be successful
With two kids in college, Scott couldn’t make a full-time living off his writing yet, but the money from sales allowed him a little more financial freedom. Making that realization helped him turn a negative mindset (Since I’m not making enough from sales to go full-time, my books are failures, I’m a failure) into a positive one (Woo-hoo! This book
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Poet and professor Ross Gay on abandoning capitalistic achievement to seek the freedom of play – The Creative Independent
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I wish that I had more examples or more people telling me sobering truths in my life, that these two things aren’t opposed. That you can work on a vocation and develop a career and also lead a very fulfilling artistic life simultaneously. One doesn’t have to be sacrificed for the other. And now I think that I’m trying to set that balance for myself... See more