You Only Like the Beginning of Things
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You Only Like the Beginning of Things
Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things.
About a happy man –Donald Knuth’s approach to email
I 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
“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 morehow the promise for more kept us both excited and engaged. This spirit of un-fulfillment is too often missing in our adult work lives.
Tim Leberecht • The Business Romantic
I’m not searching for gmail.com, I’m searching for something , something of the past. That feeling. When I first learned to want and be wanted in a specific way; differently. All of it happened over the internet, the devices, the notifications. And what can I do about it now? Except hope that with enough time, enough effort, I will learn to forget... See more