Reminders for myself

Often when people are stuck in life it’s because they’re holding out for the delusional possibility of a costless way of getting what they want, instead of just paying the cost

if feeling helpless (low agency), the best way to begin rebuilding faith in your agency is by focusing on what you have the most control over: your attention and where you direct it to

Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.

A good reason not to explain too much before you have done it, is you can be talked out of doing it your own way.

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.

the most important reason to make things is how the process changes you.. whatever impact it has when you put it out = 🍒on top