The Evergreens
reminders for myself
The Evergreens
“figure out what you’re good at without trying, then try” is one of my all-time favourite sentiments — you’ll never get tired of doing what feels fun and easy to you, so why not *try* to make what you do indefinitely (your vocation) something you would do forever, with pleasure?
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“A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for.”
— William G.T. Shedd
“The fast way is the slow way because the slow way is the only way”
– Steven Bartlett
you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the high stakes stuff. They are the building blocks of confidence, and that's an enormous thing.
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
Finding your way in life is like unlocking the combination of a safe. You have to go forwards and backwards. Life is not a direct march from A to B. The twists and turns are progress, not regression. What feels like a setback in the moment is later revealed to have been part of the path all along. Each move was necessary to get to your end goal.
3-2-1: How to find your way in life, the power of quiet weeks, and the problem with smart people
you almost certainly can't consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus for more than about three or four hours a day.
Oliver Burkeman • The three-or-four-hours rule for getting creative work done
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