Thought provoking

You try while others watch and wait. The embarrassment passes, the experience remains. The discomfort disappears, and you grow. Sometimes you have to blaze the trail before others can walk comfortably on it.

you will feel embarrassing and uncomfortable

Sticking to what is comfortable will give you a false sense of security, but everything “outside” will still be dangerously distant, like a threat.

you will feel embarrassing and uncomfortable

If you want more, you should learn new perspectives and gain new experiences that will allow you to constantly develop. For this to happen, you need to put yourself in new situations to observe how you behave and gain knowledge.

you will feel embarrassing and uncomfortable

Don’t try to do what you think people will find interesting or what might present you as “relatable.” That is not something you can control. It’s a consequence of being your true self and speaking your truth. Once people recognize that in you, they’ll believe in what you have to say.

being relatable can only take you so far

Make mistakes. Say things that are wrong. Say something that comes from the heart. We are in dire need of authenticity and anyone who puts themselves out there and says how they truly feel is admirable.

being relatable can only take you so far

how are we supposed to grow into our most self-selves if we are too scared of what other people might think of us?

being relatable can only take you so far

the purpose of writing or creating isn’t to tout a finished product; the value of what we do isn’t in having a sellable thing to make us a profit. it is to fuel our curiosity and reflect who we are in the moment we were creating said thing. we are our process; our work let’s us greet old versions of ourselves like old friends or lovers.

the one about ai.

all you need to do to be a writer is to write sincerely about yourself and all you see. to run around naked, stripped of all that is pretty and polished and put on display your heart for us passersby to examine. all you need is a pen, and yourself.

the one about ai.

Reflecting on this email from a Sublime believer:

Consuming media has become a massive time-suck for humankind. Only decades ago, the average person had one source of information, if any — the newspaper. Journalists chronicled happenings relevant to their community. And that was it. Someone got married, someone is selling their house, someone died,