Kevin Simler

Life is so much more fun when you dedicate yourself fully to one big thing, instead of dabbling into a bunch of tiny things. Or in Ron Swanson’s words, don’t half-ass two things, whole-ass one thing.

Do you have a one big thing? (Forgive me if the answer is “yes, duh”; I’m often obtuse. But I kinda had you pegged as a dabbler like me!)

So, despite the existence of actual natural-born generalists—which may even include all of present company—I'd deliver the same exact sort of aphorism. It's the right one for several reasons--

•There are extremely few natural-born generalists, and exactly zero of those would become dissuaded by hearing it • Everyone else, 1, fucking around being overly accepted results in no more generalists but millions of midlife crises, deathbed regrets, and underutilized lives