reading good books, physical exercise to the point of exhaustion, preparing meals for yourself and the ones you love with style and care, lots and lots of music but also the ambient sounds of the world, watching movies, appreciating how light colors things, et al.
Couldn't agree more. If I can't find an aesthetically pleasing way of doing it, I'd usually rather not. The intrinsic motivation derived from a beautiful paragraph of prose or method of code is what still propels me.
A symphony needs mastery to come together.
A few weak links can turn it into cacophony.
Nothing annoys a master more than a novice who’s not eager to improve.
No mastery is possible without immense sacrifice.
Nothing retains masters more than company of other masters.
People often hate the guts of those who take large risks and sometimes even find joy in their failure.
Culturally for a society to move forward such folks need to be applauded for their risk taking even if they fail. Mocking them for their shortcomings is toxic.