Ellie Olson
@ellieolson
Ellie Olson
unrot your brain
open.substack.com
Friction will exist with any medium and any muse. Finding the thing that makes the work of accepting and pushing through mediocrity generative rather than purely debasing is a worthy pursuit.
Why My Podcast is Called 'Wild Geese'
LET SOMETHING GOOD HAPPEN WITHOUT DOWNPLAYING IT, FIXING IT, OR EARNING IT.
By Francesca Phillips
Read this twice:
If it drains you, it’s not for you.
Love should steady you. Friendships should lift you. Work should challenge, not consume you.
Anything meant for you will nourish, not exhaust.
Your peace is not negotiable. I... See more
DiDi A.substack.comIn the Irish language, we are not our emotions. We are not sad or anxious. We have sadness or anxiety on us.
To say I am sad, we say tá brón orm - there is sadness on me.
I am anxious, tá imní orm - there is anxiety on me.
The language recognizes these as passing... See more
Briana Ní Loingsighsubstack.com
What I also didn’t realize is this: if shaming yourself for mediocrity feels more irresistible to you than digging through mediocrity to deepen your skill set, you may not have found the thing yet