My first collection

Yvon Chouinard on not forcing it:

“A serious surfer doesn’t plan to go surfing next Tuesday at 2 o’clock. You go surfing when there are waves and wind and the tide is right.”

Knowing of the futility of your actions when facing adversity but continuing to try your best might be pointless, but it is also noble. And if we’re honest, pointless and noble is just another word for tennis player.

In the end, the senseless loss is not senseless at all. It only teaches us something we really don’t want anything to do with when

The voice of Resistance is cunning enough to keep us from raising our hand. It may ask "who are you to lead?" or "what if no one shows up" or "are you even allowed to do that" or any of the hundreds of quips it has to stop us.

The alternative is to leap before you are ready, embrace the identity of someone who creates generous tension with intent

The greats don't wait.

Every major innovation started with someone doing something small. YouTube began with a few friends posting grainy videos. Amazon started by selling books from a garage. Google began as a grad school project.

What separates dreamers from doers isn't talent or luck—it's the willingness to start before feeling ready. The perfect

1. When writing a sentence, don’t keep your reader waiting. [David Crystalvia The Browser]

A question I think about a lot:

What important truth do very few people agree with you on?

I also think a lot about the concept of a spiky point of view:

A spiky point of view is a perspective others can disagree with. It’s a belief you feel strongly about and are willing to advocate for. It’s your thesis about topics in your realm of expertise.

This theme of policing everyone’s actions to determine whether they're humiliating or not calls to mind a film that is probably now considered “cringe”, even though it was critically acclaimed at the time, and it had me bawling my eyes out. “Everything Everywhere All At Once” was all about how nothing matters. Optimistic nihilism makes the world go