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For the aspirant, there’s nothing more comforting than realizing you are not alone in trying. You’re not alone in trying to find a subject, trying to develop the discipline, trying to turn your life towards something that you can’t quite understand yet.
how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
Stop keeping everything in your head.
I'm serious. Every time you solve a problem and don't document how, you're basically deleting that knowledge for everyone else (especially future you who forgets things).
Write down your thinking. Capture your process. Record your reasoning.
Your expertise should outlive your memory.
literally just do your own fucking thing.
Refusing to be numb is a radical act.
Caring about the earth while they drill it.
Caring about strangers while they deport them.
Caring about truth while they erase it.
You’re not ‘too sensitive.’
Don’t let them make you be ashamed of your empathy and humanity.
You’re still human. Stay that way.
Stop editing your personality.
Say the thing. Wear the outfit.
Be too much on purpose. Laugh too loud. Take up the space you've been taught to shrink out of. Ask the question. Make the first move. Post the picture.
Refuse to be palatable. Refuse to be watered down. Stop waiting for permission to exist. Your life isn't meant to fit into someone else's
... See more“What should I do with my life?!?!” Here is what I wish I’d known every time I felt lost.
TOP TIP:
Don’t try to figure it out all on your own. That’s too hard. Instead, spend time with possibility-generating people & environments. Eg:
- A friend who’s always dreaming up wild ideas (ask them... See more
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