The Main Thing I Learned after Three Months Of Traveling
You want more than you have and have more than you need.
(Apparently, I also learned how to write the shortest blog post in existence)
You want more than you have and have more than you need.
(Apparently, I also learned how to write the shortest blog post in existence)
The greatest enemy isn't an outside force, but the person staring back at you in the mirror. Or your amygdala. Fear, to be more precise. Especially fear that's not real. In this blog post I discussed how I've been writing for two years, but
So I've been writing for over two years now. I realized I have two modes of starting to write: * Inspirational fuel shooting me to the literary stratosphere * "God, do I hate writing" Nothing in between. A little harsh, but also true. For some weeks, this one
I realized I had died when I was 28, but it was for the better. The sweltering heat pushes down into the asphalt, and steam comes up: it had just rained ten minutes before. Petrichor fills my nostrils, the sun dances on my skin, and I'm absolutely miserable.
People don't love remaining the same quite as much as they hate changing. Change goes against everything we were taught. In school, we're rewarded for being the same: learning the same, doing the same, acting the same. We swim in the monotony of sameness, and trying