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Dreading leaving the house was the devil’s work. If you overcame it, God had something special planned for you.
Haley Nahman • #196: What else is there?
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As the ancient proverb goes: “Sense has been chasing me all my life, but I am faster.”
Jameela Jamil • WHY, OH WHY, IS SHE DOING THIS?
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We love to talk in terms of forward and backward, productivity and progress. But whether we’re discussing grief, growth, or gross profit, the path is not straight. A lot of life moves in circles and cycles. And sometimes — hell, maybe all the time — onward is the best we have.
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From Lily Chambers:
I genuinely do not care if AI tools make me more productive.
I am tired of seeing, "increased productivity" as a selling point. I do not want to be valued for my productivity. I do not want "more" of anything related to work.
I like doing things meticulously. I like using my hands. I like manipulating data that an LLM could inter
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I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that other people’s reactions often say more about them than they do about us.
Caroline Cala Donofrio • Please Like This Post
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Ambition often comes with discontent; focus with rigidity; contentment with complacency.
Haley Nahman • #187: Drowning in envy
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“The sooner you hit bottom,” Joseph Brodsky once wrote, “the faster you surface.”
I'm Here For the Joy
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