Every good piece of writing is a story for just 1 person

The secret to finding your life’s purpose is to learn everything you can about the movies, book, artists, or entrepreneurs you like. Then do it with something else over and over until you find the thread that connects them all

"What if a gun had a soul, and didn't want to kill?" This was Brad Bird's pitch for the classic animated film "The Iron Giant" A beautiful thesis that hits harder when you learn that Brad's sister was shot dead by her husband Your best work is on the other side of your pain

Your attachment to your identity is stopping you from becoming who you want to be

If you’re debating a decision, and have nothing better to do(the younger you are the more this is the case), then just do it Doing it and failing, finding out you don’t like it, etc is better than waiting for the perfect opportunity

Easily the best thing I’ve read this year.

The lost art of book covers

ONE PIECE?!

You only think it’s corny because you think other people won’t like it

“Everything has hype and aura” is such a cool philosophy 10/10 recommend living this way

“He knew that though he search through eternity he could never recapture those lost April hours… Well, let it pass, he thought; April is over, April is over. There are all kinds of love in the world, but never the same love twice.” —F Scott Fitzgerald

One of Hemingway’s friend’s first impression of him. Just enjoy yourself.

"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water"

Storytelling trumps all

Do you have an inner scorecard or an outer scorecard? Do you care about your appearance more than your reality?

Win or Learn

You can just fly planes

Whatever man I’ll take the rage bait if it means I can share this quote again

“Steal Like an Artist” There’s a through line here that is probably only obvious to me, but I find that those are the things in life most worth doing. So that’s what my next big project is about: taking all of these and making them 1 story

On regrets