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building intrinsic motivation

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🧵 of 🧵s

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@cosine_distance feels v cozy!

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https://t.co/s1rhNz7qbT

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I’ve become aware of when the harsh voice inside my head speaks up.
And, I’ve taken to offering her a biscuit to make her relax.

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https://t.co/3wWglibDgx

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Back with a (re-)b(r)an(d)g bang💥

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everything is meaningful 🌀 🐉 nothing is meaningful

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i have enough 🌀 🐉 i want more

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i should rest more 🌀 🐉 i should work more

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haha wouldn't it be funny if i could flex like this someday

[Visa is doing marketing consults (see pinned!) @visakanv]

@sonikudzu nice! unfortunately i do not apply for things lol

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Image- The Weight of Thought by Thomas Lerooy

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unpleasant reality-
i’m in a bubble.

then i overthink,
make it double.

my brain whirs,
make more trouble.

pow! smash! clang!
i'm sitting in rubble.

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@christineist can i have two turns and ask for both

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@temeton_blue https://t.co/1QGqp7Beyf

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@keta_mean_ Photo by Kiki Siepel on Unsplash

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@keta_mean_ here's a flower for you:

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@cosine_distance yes please!

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me: i had a nice train ride

(1 week later)
my 🧠: here's a nightmare containing all your feelings about everything that could possibly go wrong superimposed over a scene of missing your train

me:

my 🧠: enjoy your next train ride

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78/ The world would have been the same
Without you.
But you wouldn’t have been the same
If you hadn’t lived.

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63/ When I thought of truth, I thought, not of an absolute, but of something precarious, nebulous, ever changing. Truth, it seemed, was something with a hundred faces. Truth was a needle in a haystack. Truth was lies.

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77/ The goal is this—everyday, you make a complete small thing. Then you stack those small things to get a big thing.