I believe the continuously-employed adult life is unnatural.
I suspect that the vast majority of people would benefits from occasional short- and long-term breaks from their work lives and more importantly, their work identities.
I donโt think everyone should follow my path and become an entrepreneur or doing their own pathless thing forever. But I do think most people should look for space in their life to get lost. A season of solitude or exploration. Most people already crave such a thing.
But even if you do find the space to do it, itโs still hard to surrender.
After quitting, I reflexively rejected many of the the replacement identities on offer: venture-backed founder, tech worker, impressive freelancer, โthought leader.โ But that didnโt mean I had any idea of what to do instead.
I floundered around the US for about 15 months, taking random gigs, booking random trips, and flaneuring around Boston. I felt out of place.
Finally after 16 months of being self-employed and wandering around the US, I ended up in Taiwan. It was time to wander in the wildnerness.
full part 2 of my "wise agency" series in next post
I can't be the only one who loves this shit. There's nothing more romantic than this. When i'm in a suburban strip mall my soul is free and my mind is working at 300x power i can't explain it
Maximalist novels are great for an attention hijacked online brain. If you haven't read a book in a while you should read one that's 1,000 pages not 180
It has been extensively explained to centrist pundits that Mamdani's public grocery stores will FILL FOOD DESERTS. There are no "commercial options" for using food stamps. They refuse to acknowledge market failure because it goes against their free market ideology.
NYPL is probably the worst public library system i've ever experienced. I can count on my hands the number of times they've had the book i wanted. Is this a funding issue or do they just suck?