Your writing is truly becoming art (whatever that means).
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In a world of rubbled temples and holy places, people increasingly decide their own gods to worship. I’ve chosen startups, I’ve suspended my disbelief that it’s possible to effect change. I’m also very cognisant of the fact that this could be a narcissistic pursuit of self pleasure but isn’t any life you decide you live inherently this regardless? I guess the key difference is the scale of impact on others lives.
Maybe the simple cure is to do things you enjoy doing, until you no longer enjoy doing them, and in the process make a conscious effort to positively impact others lives. Take a holiday to Bali without the guilt but whilst there treat everyone with respect. Start a business and make every effort to breed a positive work culture and a product people love. Not everything will be perfect but intentions matter.
I think we all live in some level of cognitive dissonance with our theories. I find this often where either in reading or writing big ideas, even if they inspire a grand ambition for 'changing the world' or something like that the only takeaway I can really have is tactical: do X and Y a little bit better, be more mindful, etcetera
Paradoxically there is arrogance in thinking you can change the world overnight, but also there is arrogance in thinking your actions don't matter at all
Simone de Beauvoir responded to people critics of her hypocritical 'non-feminist' romantic life with Sartre: "Well, I just don't give a damn. It's my life and I lived it the way I wanted. I am sorry to disappoint the feminists, but you can say it's too bad so many of them live only in theory instead of in real life. It's very messy in the real world."
Your writing is truly becoming art (whatever that means).
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In a world of rubbled temples and holy places, people increasingly decide their own gods to worship. I’ve chosen startups, I’ve suspended my disbelief that it’s possible to effect change. I’m also very cognisant of the fact that this could be a narcissistic pursuit of self pleasure but isn’t any life you decide you live inherently this regardless? I guess the key difference is the scale of impact on others lives.
Maybe the simple cure is to do things you enjoy doing, until you no longer enjoy doing them, and in the process make a conscious effort to positively impact others lives. Take a holiday to Bali without the guilt but whilst there treat everyone with respect. Start a business and make every effort to breed a positive work culture and a product people love. Not everything will be perfect but intentions matter.
I think we all live in some level of cognitive dissonance with our theories. I find this often where either in reading or writing big ideas, even if they inspire a grand ambition for 'changing the world' or something like that the only takeaway I can really have is tactical: do X and Y a little bit better, be more mindful, etcetera
Paradoxically there is arrogance in thinking you can change the world overnight, but also there is arrogance in thinking your actions don't matter at all
Simone de Beauvoir responded to people critics of her hypocritical 'non-feminist' romantic life with Sartre: "Well, I just don't give a damn. It's my life and I lived it the way I wanted. I am sorry to disappoint the feminists, but you can say it's too bad so many of them live only in theory instead of in real life. It's very messy in the real world."
If pilgrimage is a means of connection in which the journey is the destination; I guess life itself is a pilgrimage. :)