I reached a level as a writer similar to the level I reached as a powerlifter: good enough to do what I want to do for the foreseeable future, but uninterested in doing all the horrific and soul-destroying things needed to be successful at something nobody cares about
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At this point I make a very good living in the private sector, and being able to say "eff this" to doubling down on a lottery ticket career as a creative or thinker or whatever we were all raised by liberal arts professors to become is so liberating
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These kind of discussions are great for shaving down the follower count, getting rid of the dreamers who believe salon culture is a thing and that the Algonquin Round Table had it all that much better than George Babbitt
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