Is This Real Life?

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My instinct is to say that I’ve gotten more confident, but anyone who’s done this knows that confidence is an illusion. One day’s good work doesn’t mean anything. You’re still at the whim of the gods about how the next day is going to go.

Brent Lang • Paul Thomas Anderson on ‘Licorice Pizza’ and Moviemaking: ‘Anyone Who’s Done This Knows That Confidence Is an Illusion’

Starting a company is awesome if you want to feel like a piece of shit one day and king of the universe next day and just keep alternating back and forth forever and ever

Daniel x.com

I can assure you that you do not need to start a company to feel this way.

52 Things I Learned in 2024

Tom Whitwell medium.com

Lists like this sure make me feel like an inferior slacker. Great read though!

Winnie’s latest post was a wonderful read, especially her point about being relentlessly bombarded with psychological noise. It is not uncommon to catch myself thinking a certain way about something only to realize it doesn’t feel right. It’s almost always because the thought isn’t actually mine.

Maud Newton (@maudnewton.bsky.social)

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as if the worst thing in the world is unstructured free time.

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I love it when elle posts stuff like this. She’s always so insightful.

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