closer to the truth

what matters more is who you are in your job, than the job itself

“Part of the problem,” Tavi said, “is talking about big decisions as changing your life in one way, permanently and finally, even though life keeps going and things change again.”

Instead, I outright tell them that they already know, and I ask them questions to help them remember.

“Bloom where you’re planted.”

I simply have to know when I’m desperately curious and deeply suffocated by specific work situations. I’ve learned there is no “arriving” anywhere, which is maybe what the deep ache I feel is about. Seeing this as part of life helps me settle into the moments, however brief they may be.

Even if you win the rat race, you’re still a rat

And even then, we don’t walk, we crack . That crack is the beginning of motion.

The writer is a person who wants to hide and be found.