Anna Birchall
@spiralsalad
Anna Birchall
Not that many people will care about what you write, at least for the first few years, so make the writing useful to you. Write in a way that lets you refine your thoughts about the things that matter. Write to experience what you care about in higher resolution, write to enhance your feeling of aliveness.
Henrik Karlsson • Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog
that essay i referenced earlier ended with the lines:
ai won’t replace writers. but writers who use ai will replace writers who don’t.
the difference between us is that if my connection to the internet is cut off, i can still produce an original thought unaided; my brilliance is not dependent on a machine built by a bunch of men who wouldn’t know... See more
ai won’t replace writers. but writers who use ai will replace writers who don’t.
the difference between us is that if my connection to the internet is cut off, i can still produce an original thought unaided; my brilliance is not dependent on a machine built by a bunch of men who wouldn’t know... See more
the one about ai.
To grow skilled, you need to push yourself outside your comfort zone and put your goals a little beyond what you can pull off. But also? You need to finish and publish stuff because there are certain things you can only learn by finishing. Deadlines are the tool I use to balance this tradeoff. I tell myself, “I’m going to write the best piece I can... See more
Henrik Karlsson • Advice for a Friend Who Wants to Start a Blog
Two truths approach each other. One comes from inside, the other from outside,
and where they meet we have a chance to catch sight of ourselves.
—Tomas Tranströmer
Henrik Karlsson • Relationships Are Coevolutionary Loops
The story I really wanted to tell in this essay is about Torbjörn, who is one of my two closest friends, but who spent 15 years as one of the extras in my life before I realized he was one of the main characters.
Henrik Karlsson • Sometimes the Reason You Can’t Find People You Resonate With Is Because You Misread the Ones You Meet
Every time you do something hard on purpose, your mind takes note.
You stop seeing yourself as fragile.
You start trusting yourself again.
You stop seeing yourself as fragile.
You start trusting yourself again.
Comfort is the new poison.
Most people feel that their true selves exist only outside of work, which means they’re only themselves for a tiny portion of their lives. They live for the weekend or for the evening hours when they can finally pursue what they want, while the rest of their lives are put on hold. This fragmentation between “who I am” and “what I do” erodes any... See more
However physically demanding the work may have been, it was theirs. It belonged to them, to their identity, to their community. Their work carried significant authorship and meaning.
