Kylee Schmuck
@brokenhips
Kylee Schmuck
Previously, the word “in” was for a message, while the word “on” was for a medium. The metaphor was that the word “on” indicated a form of support, while “in” connoted immersion.1 If you put an actor on a stage, he is able to perform in a play.
The answer to how to approach your twenties lies between Plath and Didion. Everything you do is irrevocable, because time is finite, which means your choices matter. So you have to choose a fig. You cannot sit “in the crotch of this fig tree starving to death.” But choosing one fig does not cause all the others to instantly fall from the tree. If... See more
Consumption patterns aren’t shifting. They’re fracturing. Attention is liquid and leaking in every direction.
6. One of the clearest signs of intelligence is being able to hear an opinion you disagree with and not act emotionally
Dialectic: dialogue between people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to arrive at the truth through reasoned argument.
Examples: I am strong AND vulnerable
"Running one mile has more in common with running a marathon than sitting at home.
Investing $100 has more in common with being a millionaire than being broke.
Writing one sentence has more in common with writing a book than never writing one.
It always feels small in the beginning and the big goals seem far away. It's easy to talk yourself out of the
... See more“Nothing is permanent and all suffering results from our delusions of permanence.”
-Octavia Butler