anti-perfectionism

“Life is complicated. It’s filled with nuance. It’s unsatisfying. If I believe in anything, it is doubt. The root cause of all life’s problems is looking for a simple fucking answer.”

—Anthony Bourdain

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." Anaïs Nin

"Artifacts of humanity" in creative work — in the form of dust, mistakes, and deliberate strokes that flex human engagement — will showcase the human labor spent making a creation. Such artifacts of humanity, alongside Content Credentials that factually articulate how a piece of work was made, will add meaning and scarcity to the work in the eyes o... See more

what is my purpose in life? vs. what brings me alive at THIS point in my life? What if purpose is just a moment-to-moment conversation with your soul? I love this; via @corymuscara

I’m reminded of two seemingly contradictory insights I came across in my research. The first was from a study of NIH grant applicants, which concluded that scientists who nearly missed out on grants early in their careers systematically outperformed their peers who received the grants over the long term. “Overall, these findings are consistent with

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The desire to be special can only exist if you don’t know who you are.