Despair is born at the precise, pitiful moment you realize your life has become a long surrender to cheap dopamine. That your every choice has favored the path of least resistance. That your words and actions have drifted miles apart. That your feet have not once trod the road less taken. It’s at that moment you realize that hell is not a destination, but a sorrowful way of living. The only way out is Kierkegaard’s leap of faith — get moving!
Don't you find it strange that in our perusal of galleries on social media, the idea of getting bored is encouraged so as to find that insightful idea in your field, and yet, you talk about boredom in a different light?
Your message is clear. However, as for the tweets, notes, or brief posts that encourage people to be comfortable with boredom, I have never subscribed to that idea. You need to be passionately obsessed with a problem. Boredom doesn't inject potential pathways into your subconscious.
As you've said, there must be a wound. Indeed, a desire to raise one's bar, to solve a deep problem, to find a bug in a code is not boredom. Passion allows us to fall for a "Vermeer".
As always, I have to sit down to read your work. 🥂
Why is there just one comment for this post while there are 45+ ❤️? This is what I've never understood in Substack. This is such an insightful post and I am sharing this with many I know and would appreciate such profound writing in such a simple and coherent manner. Kudos! Totally related to the analogy. And loved the way you presented the concept. What hit me most was Self = Circular. Other = Linear. Bravo! Will be back for more. Thank you for such a thoughtful read. Keep writing. Keep sharing. Keep going.
Despair is born at the precise, pitiful moment you realize your life has become a long surrender to cheap dopamine. That your every choice has favored the path of least resistance. That your words and actions have drifted miles apart. That your feet have not once trod the road less taken. It’s at that moment you realize that hell is not a destination, but a sorrowful way of living. The only way out is Kierkegaard’s leap of faith — get moving!
Don't you find it strange that in our perusal of galleries on social media, the idea of getting bored is encouraged so as to find that insightful idea in your field, and yet, you talk about boredom in a different light?
Your message is clear. However, as for the tweets, notes, or brief posts that encourage people to be comfortable with boredom, I have never subscribed to that idea. You need to be passionately obsessed with a problem. Boredom doesn't inject potential pathways into your subconscious.
As you've said, there must be a wound. Indeed, a desire to raise one's bar, to solve a deep problem, to find a bug in a code is not boredom. Passion allows us to fall for a "Vermeer".
As always, I have to sit down to read your work. 🥂
Why is there just one comment for this post while there are 45+ ❤️? This is what I've never understood in Substack. This is such an insightful post and I am sharing this with many I know and would appreciate such profound writing in such a simple and coherent manner. Kudos! Totally related to the analogy. And loved the way you presented the concept. What hit me most was Self = Circular. Other = Linear. Bravo! Will be back for more. Thank you for such a thoughtful read. Keep writing. Keep sharing. Keep going.
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