pattern recognition is a lonely gift. by the time everyone else finally sees it, you’ve already been called dramatic, negative or crazy for pointing it out.
The literacy crisis isn’t that people can’t read the words. It’s that they can’t understand the context, infer meaning, recognise nuance, identify contradictions, or draw logical conclusions from what they’ve read.
George Orwell worried that a shrinking vocabulary would eventually produce a shrinking range of thought.
It is difficult to think a nuanced thought with a blunt language.
Don’t ever be embarrassed about your life. We all go through things that shake us, humble us, or force us to start over. Moving back home, losing your job, getting your heart broken, going through a divorce, hitting a low mentally… it’s all a part of being human.
im 27 and honestly it does not matter. there is no time. do what you want and be free. you can literally wake up and decide who you are, what you want to do. just do it and if it doesn’t go according to plan, try again. life’s to short to mourn when it’s just getting started.
once I realized that my ADHD requires chaotic discipline not regular discipline, I started feeling better. This means some days I’ll be on fire and some days I need to be a potato, and being a potato some days helps me be on fire other days. Not everyone can or needs to optimize every fucking second of every day for productivity.