I sometimes view 'accomplishing a great thing' as something that would feel very difficult and amazing when I'm doing it, as this looming, important concept.
But really, all the greatest things I've done have been quiet and natural, just lucky variances in my usual rhythms.
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This is extremely true in my experience too
And often I have a sense that something is going to be big, but it takes years to know to what extent it ends up being true
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The inverse also happens: moments that seem huge but actually don't matter that much
For example, any time you have to walk on stage in front of more than 50 people
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Reminds me of the contrast between the stereotypical western attitude of “Make it happen” vs. the message of the Tao Te Ching of “Let it happen.”
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Yeah, because merely existing in this world as a conscious thinking being is basically the most amazing thing we will ever experience. :D Nothing in the neoliberal economic model of what is valuable and not valuable can match it. :D Just being human is the most interesting part.
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I've noticed the same thing looking at things that became legendarily 'cool'. Most of the time, those involved say something like, 'we were just doing something for ourselves, didn't feel like anything at the time' The idea you should be aware of it at the time is a cruel trick
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This means in order to be greater, we have to construct new rhythms for ourselves and live them.
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most of the greatest pop songs were written in like, 10
minutes on the way to the recording studio and no one thought they’d be anything while they were doing it.
“that’s me in the corner.
that’s me in the kitchen,
swearing at my dinner”
was the original lyrics for the REM song
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