Unpacking the “Day Job”
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Unpacking the “Day Job”
NC: Boringly, my creativeness is in no way pathological. I work very hard, every day, and on some level it’s a dogged nine to five slog, and if it seems like my output is greater than your average musician or whatever it is I am, it’s because I put in more hours. It’s as simple as that.
That is not to say that on occasions I don’t enter into that wo... See more
That is not to say that on occasions I don’t enter into that wo... See more
Nick Cave: “Conservatism Is an Aspiration”
My first problem is simple: when I look back on everything I did last year, there’s not much creative work I’m proud of. I spent far less time writing than I did the year before, and what I did write was mostly rushed. This was not an accident—it was a strategic decision my co-founder and I made. My focus this year was to build Every into an organi... See more
Nathan Baschez • Year Two
This will always be your struggle whether you are twenty-one or fifty-one. I know this from experience. When I quit the New York Times to be a full-time mother, the voices of the world said that I was nuts. When I quit it again to be a full-time novelist, they said I was nuts again. But I am not nuts. I am happy. I am successful on my own terms. Be... See more
James Clear • 1999 Mount Holyoke Commencement Speech
But I am also preparing for many moments of awkwardness and self-doubt. Parties: “What do you do?” “I’m…between things.” People generally find this exciting and cool, but you also hear the occasional “you’re doing WHAT? In THIS economy??”