Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
But this silly desire to be an exceptional young writer wasn’t egoistic craving. It was a biological obligation. He couldn’t help it. He couldn’t turn it off. Even when he tried not to write, he was writing. He imagined paragraphs in his head, imagined whole novels, composed of sentences that weren’t even made up of words, just the essence of
... See moreDecisions correspond to externally observable actions; choices are more internal and sensed.
otherworldly
otherworldly.place
Hurry Up We're Dreaming
hurryupweredreaming.com
Meaning, it seems to me, is the product of caring, not vice versa. What we care about we value.
Michael E. Gerber • The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It
Collecting the dots. Then connecting them. And then sharing the connections with those around you. This is how a creative human works. Collecting, connecting, sharing.
Amanda Palmer • The Art of Asking: How I learned to stop worrying and let people help
Add your salt to the sea.
(a friend, as I cried at the beach)
Mill is trying to figure out what he believes is true, and what he can stand for, and how to live. But the way he does it is, at first glance, the opposite of feeling: he is constructing a system of thought, a philosophy. He is hunting down the contradictions in his intuitions and his thoughts; he insists on finding ways of thinking that allow him
... See moreThe space between no longer and not yet is what defines the pivot periods of our lives. This is the time when we have nothing left to hold onto but also nowhere clearly to land.