hannah ludlow

I can’t strongly enough recommend setting off 20 hours a week to work on a project that forces you to learn and grow and meet new people. Most of us are awake some 110 hours a week, so 20 hours is not impossible. But it adds up in a surprising way if you keep at it for 3 years. I feel like I've grown into my body. I feel fifteen years older. In a... See more

“I don’t really pursue a destination,” he said. “I pursue a direction.”

Drift is the gap between stated intention and daily reality. Most people experience drift as a vague sense of “falling behind” without understanding the specific mechanism that caused it.

Stop trying to be interesting, be curious , be dedicated , be obsessed .

Follow curiosities down deep rabbit holes and emerge with unique ideas. Partake in vivid and varied adventures to build up a set of experiences that is unique to you. Run away from the areas in which you are average and towards those where you might be special. Start a company because the world needs it, and because if you don’t start that specific... See more

As soon as you start down the slippery slope of doing things based on convention, you are diluting your independence and uniqueness, which is to say your reason for existing. Even the smallest things can start to bend you toward conformity.