it is an unwritten rule of life that after every prolonged period of hardship and uncertainty, there is going to be a period when you are going to achieve quantum leaps across multiple areas of your life. the only requirement is that you do not give up on yourself
My "Roman Empire is the realization that my life is a lottery win. Somewhere in Sudan, Pålestine, iran, Afghanistan, Iraq or Congo, there is a boy smarter than me. He is more disciplined, more resilient, and holds more potential in his single finger than I do in my entire career.
The only difference? I am siting in a train and he is sting in the rubble of his dreams.
My "bad days" are his wildest dreams.
My "burnout" is a luxury he can't afford because his only job is staying alive.
It's geographical luck and it's a haunting injustice that we all refuse to acknowledge and look away
There’s no need to be afraid of any scenario in life, because it isn’t personal and it isn't the first time some has found themselves in such a scenario. It’s structural. The ego wants dramatic suffering. It wants its pain to be mythic. But most suffering is procedural. It’s part of the design of being alive.
You are not uniquely cursed. You are not cosmically targeted. You are simply next in line. Because if your problem is not divinely customized, then it is ordinary. And if it is ordinary, it is survivable. Millions before you have stood in this same queue. They felt the same dread. They thought it was the end. It wasn’t.
In life, and especially with people, anything you try to secure through force becomes fragile. Anything you grip too tightly begins to slip. Anything you fear losing becomes heavier than it truly is. Security is in a sense, like breathing. To hold your breath is to lose it.
"One Battle After Another" needs roughly $300 million to break even in theaters. The film's current $140 million gross is impressive for an original movie that's R rated and nearly three hours long, but the film is still tracking to lose $100 million.
Warner Bros. spent more than $130 million on production and $70 million on promotional efforts, and ticket sales are typically split 50-50 between studios and theater operators.
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Rolling Stone lists the 20 Best Movies of 2025
20. Weapons
19. Frankenstein
18. Caught by the Tides
17. The Phoenician Scheme
16. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
15. Orwell: 2+2=5
14. Best Wishes for All
13. Universal Language
12. Eddington
11. Peter Hujar’s Day
10. Sentimental Value
9. Marty Supreme
8. Sorry, Baby
7. No Other Choice
6. It Was Just an Accident
5. Nouvelle Vague
4. Train Dreams
3. Black Bag
2. Hamnet
1. One Battle After Another
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I don't think anything else has humbled me, this much in my adulthood:
Even though it isn't an excuse for complacency but hardwork doesn't guarantee success.
You can do everything right - clap for others, wait your turn, show up everyday & still not make it.
It is humbling.