Charlotte Jackson
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Charlotte Jackson
Joyce Carol Oates “to a young writer” on Substack
Hiding is an act of freedom from the misunderstanding of others, especially in the enclosing world of oppressive secret government and private entities, attempting to name us, to anticipate us, to leave us with no place to hide and grow in ways unmanaged by a creeping necessity for absolute naming, absolute tracking and absolute control. Hiding is
... See morewinter solstice, there is a moment where the whole earth shifts, the planet turning its North Pole back toward the sun. We cannot feel this, but many of the biggest changes—in nature, in life—go unnoticed. They happen without the moment ever being named.
Jedidiah Jenkins • Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
We’re both returning to the site of something that shifted our lives. The end of her great adventure. The beginning of mine.
Jedidiah Jenkins • Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
What if I got what I wanted, and Mom renounced her evangelical interpretation of the Bible? What if she said, “I’ve been deceived,” and woke up into the mystic confusion of a world without God? Would I be happy? I would be sad. My mother’s certainty is her strength. To see her weak and confused would devastate me. There is a reason existential
... See moreJedidiah Jenkins • Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
hobby
- something you do because it's fun and you like it
- hobbies bring an end to anxiety
- puttering about doing something for no reason
job
- something you have to have
- you don't have to like it
- it doesn't have to be your purpose
- you don't have to be great at it - it doesn't have to consume your entire life
- don't give your heart to it
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When we turn pro, we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
Steven Pressfield • Turning Pro
The Metaphor: Jackhammers vs. Hummingbirds
Jackhammers are people who latch onto a passion early and remain relentlessly focused:
... See more“Jackhammers are people like me. You put a passion in our hands and we don’t look up, we don’t veer, and we’re just focused on that until the end of time.”
“It’s efficient, you get a lot done. But we tend to be obsessive
Reading Well - by Simon Sarris - The Map is Mostly Water Reading Well
Simon Sarrismap.simonsarris.comcase for reading fiction and its importance on your perspective on the world