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“I just believe that the interesting time in a career is pre-success, what shaped things, how did you get to this point?”
― Steve Martin, Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
Look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them.
Build a world. Make your projects and work a vessel for self-expression. Make your software match your vibe. Make reading your book feel like it feels to talk with you. Customize, make it bespoke, put yourself into it instead of doing what you feel you should. This has all kinds of benefits (reducing burn out for instance) but especially helps with... See more
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Today, novelty is overrated.
When I was a young teenager on tumblr, basically everyone I followed and looked up to adhered to the following archetypes:
A woman who just wanted to buy a bra and ended up becoming an expert on Edwardian corsetry (and, by extension, early 20th century sartorial techniques, the labor struggles of the English garment industry, and all kinds of vaguel... See more
A woman who just wanted to buy a bra and ended up becoming an expert on Edwardian corsetry (and, by extension, early 20th century sartorial techniques, the labor struggles of the English garment industry, and all kinds of vaguel... See more
