even once you figure out the things that give you joy, you need to, well, enact them, and you kinda need to be in an environment where that is possible ( cf https://blog.cjquines.com/post/not-my-best-self )
all this to say: thank you for giving me a chance to self-promo
good post
i do think there's something subtle about indirect pursuits ( as i call them in https://blog.cjquines.com/post/indirect-pursuits ) that make them hard to pursue lol
even once you figure out the things that give you joy, you need to, well, enact them, and you kinda need to be in an environment where that is possible ( cf https://blog.cjquines.com/post/not-my-best-self )
all this to say: thank you for giving me a chance to self-promo
i think the canonical reference is actually https://mindingourway.com/stop-trying-to-try-and-try/
gods DAMN it this is why i'm not popular on the internet
nice post
> if you spend your entire life doing nothing but chasing dreams you will never be happy.
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