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Quit Your Job
- What is capitalism but the overgrown trade union of the idle rich?
from Quit Your Job by Palladium
Baptiste Salbot added 1mo ago
- This efficient pursuit of predictable value is the quiet dignity of the mass of working people. But if we are to solve the bigger structural, spiritual, and intellectual problems which aren’t addressed by existing institutions, someone needs to be exploring off of the established road, where there is a high probability of failing to accomplish anyt... See more
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Max Beauroyre added 7mo ago
- If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so. It is a grave sin to neglect that kind of cosmic duty. But many more people have the means and ... See more
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Max Beauroyre added 7mo ago
- Working even a good job cramps your sense of possibility, imposes narrow objectives, and eats away at the little things that could grow into big things if they weren’t so oppressed by the rigors of existing structure. I’ve seen this with my friends, in how they are full of ideas and adventurous spirit a few months after I convince them to quit thei... See more
from Quit Your Job by Wolf Tivy
Max Beauroyre added 7mo ago
- A comfortable, certain, and tracked-out existence is necessarily one of little vitality and low growth. This is a key reason to quit especially “good” jobs where you have become comfortable.
from Quit Your Job by Palladium
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- Life at its highest is playful, free, and leisurely as it explores a rich land of bountiful surplus. It puts most of its time into rest, training, exploration, and curiosity.
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- to actually accomplish at your full potential, you have to start doubling down on particular bets long before you know that you can follow through. You won’t see the whole path when you begin. You will have no way of knowing whether it exists, or whether what you are pursuing is even possible. If you have more certainty than that, you aren’t aiming... See more
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Keely Adler added 2y ago
- If you have the resources to spend some time exploring, if you are on to interesting threads of novelty that few other people have, and if you have the spirit to tighten your belt, throw out your map, and explore off-road, then your real job is to do so. It is a grave sin to neglect that kind of cosmic duty.
from Quit Your Job by Palladium
Keely Adler added 2y ago
- a background of leisure is properly punctuated by intense high-impact projects and crises.
from Quit Your Job by Palladium
Keely Adler added 2y ago