Waypoints

“The secret to doing good research is always to be a little underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste hours.” – Amos Tversky

“Comforts, once gained, become necessities. And if enough of those comforts become necessities, you eventually peel yourself away from any kind of common feeling with the rest of humanity.” – Sebastian Junger

The unwanted and the shadow imagination are real and necessary parts of our inner landscape. They’re wisdom, dipped in discomfort.

i always felt like there was too much stuff around. not necessarily gifts or toys, but rather, an abundance of things to fill this void after my father left. my mother, despite how much she loved us, was also enabling and what i needed from her more than anything was structure, discipline, a strong voice to tell me what was right from wrong, and... See more