chaz johnson

life authored, not inherited

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

discipline is just the moment you stop negotiating with the part of you that wants comfort over authorship.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

most people don’t want freedom.
they want transfer.

transfer of decisions.
transfer of responsibility.
transfer of direction.

character begins when you stop outsourcing the steering wheel.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

sometimes the interest isn’t financial.

you borrow ease from your future self, comfort from tomorrow’s courage.

the bill arrives with interest.

not punishment, arithmetic.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

some mistakes require intelligence to survive.

a simple lie collapses fast. a sophisticated lie gets architecture, arguments, & years of protection.

sometimes you’re not trapped by ignorance. you’re trapped by a story you were smart enough to design.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

how often

do you wait for permission

that was never required?

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

borrowed spaces teach

what to keep

when you return.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

tools placed carefully

are used carefully.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

shoes by the door

tell the whole story.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

desire behaves

better around her.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

people who prefer silence

talk about it constantly.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

discipline that resents pleasure

was never discipline.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

the good cup

gets used

on a regular day.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

coffee cools

if you stop paying attention.

ink dries

whether the sentence is finished or not.

the day keeps moving

even if you hesitate.

some things don’t wait

for certainty.

[chaz johnson @bohodon]

roads remember weight.

floors remember footsteps.

walls remember what was repeated.

nothing forgets

what passed through it.