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More than half of the value of writing an essay lies in how it forces you to reorganize and refine your thoughts. The finished essay itself is a bonus.
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Cate Hall • Learn to Love the Moat of Low Status
if you’re strong enough to resist against it, you’re certainly strong enough to surrender to it
ꙮ un ami ○ 𝑡𝑜 𝑣𝑖𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑝x.com@nickcammarata I saw someone once say “the easiest way to stop procrastinating is to pretend you’re an NPC who has no choice” and it’s dumb as all hell but also works for me
The AI Mortgage Guyx.comYou know that feeling at the end of the day, when the anxiety of that-which-I-must-do falls away… That moment when you think, Oh God, what have I done with this day? And what am I doing with my life? And how must I change to avoid catastrophic end-of-life regrets?
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At the end of my life, I know I won’t be wishing I’d held more back, been less
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Sadly, some people never get beyond the box stage in their creative life. We all know people who have announced that they’ve started work on a project-say, a book—but some time passes, and when you politely ask how it’s going, they tell you that they’re still researching. Weeks, months, years pass and they
“Nearby is the country they call life. / You will know it by its seriousness.”
— Rainer Maria Rilke
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Go to the Limits of Your Longing
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Joanna... See more
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