but the people you remember, the ones who haunt you in the best way,

they weren’t interesting.

they were interested. interested in something.

in the world. in their craft. in the questions that wouldn’t let them sleep.

they weren’t trying to impress you.

they were trying to say something true.

don’t optimize for being interesting.

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being interesting isn’t something you perform.

it’s something you earn.

you earn it by becoming.

by having convictions that cost you something.

by building skills that make your hands shake.

by developing taste.. not just what’s “cool,” but what’s yours.

by forming a worldview that filters light differently than anyone else’s.