You need only face the consequences
"You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences."
"You are free to do whatever you like. You need only face the consequences."
Week 1 of "Experimental June" has ended. Here is how I fared so far.
When I look at the people who seem the happiest or most fulfilled, there’s one thing they all have in common: they’re deeply curious.
I'm joining my friend on a month-long June experiment: we will dial our digital inputs down to a minimum.
The current nonnegotiables in my life, in no particular order: Exercise; Sleep; Reading; Writing; Family (blood relations not required); Play; Meditation. Everything else can be sacrificed to preserve these.
What if you had five years left? What about thirty? It might not matter. Most of it, you’ll be dead to the moment anyway.
The reason I’m drawn to sketching and painting is that, due to AI, everything you see online now is “good enough.” It’s all polished, all passable. Nothing feels rough anymore. Nothing’s a little shitty. And my drawings are super shitty.
(On the flip side, nothing feels truly exceptional either.)
You start with good taste, then spend years making things that fall short of it. There’s no trick to finding your voice. Just repetition, failure, and the hope that one day it won’t suck. Shortcuts won’t help but just delay the part that matters.