You Only Like the Beginning of Things
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You Only Like the Beginning of Things
First there’s the ecstasy of getting started, and then the incredible sense of having gained some momentum, and then... there you are. Squarely in the middle.
Ava • Making Things Is Hard
Hey, you -- yeah, with the ADHD and the cool projects! You know how all of those projects are, like, 80% done? And how you can't figure out how to get them over the line? And how frustrating that is?
The following thread contains an infohazard, proceed at your peril! ;)
Your friend Myk 🌻🍉x.com“There is something special about working on a project of your own. I wouldn't say exactly that you're happier. A better word would be excited, or engaged.”
- A Project of One’s Own
Maybe it’s not about being wholly happy when pursuing what you want. Anxiety about the things we care about is inevitable-an essential part of wanting. It’s about working
... See moreI realized something which is fundamentally true of a lot of day jobs. Nothing I did at the job mattered, in the long run. No matter how much I spun, nothing about my situation ever changed. I worked my week, got to the end of it, and had nothing to show. The next week there would be more emails and more tickets, exactly like the week before. The... See more
kalzumeus.com • Don't End the Week With Nothing
I have to realize the street gives me back a primitive reflection of whatever load of hope or fear I am carrying about with me that day, Gornick continues, making me wonder about what loads I might be carrying. I guess I don’t know what’s beautiful to anyone else, anyway — I don’t know if that young dad with his perfect baby will ever think about
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