Yesterday a friend called, quite frustrated to be very stuck on a project. My impulse was to find ways to unstick him, but I realized: we absolutely have to cultivate the ability to be content while totally stuck! If we're doing interesting work, we'll be stuck most of our lives!
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(Easier said than done, of course, but it hadn't occurred to me quite so baldly that I should *expect* to be stuck as my default state.)
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Relatedly (about mundane setbacks rather than serious and pervasive creative blocks) I love this 5m mini-talk from Sam Harris called "Solving Problems": facebook.com/Samharrisorg/v (very sorry, it appears the only public URL is on Facebook—transcript below, but performance is v good)
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Rereading my original tweet, I feel I should qualify: of course, apart from that realization, I expressed my sincere sympathy and tried to help on an object level! I don't think the former precludes the latter.
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this just reminded me that some days are 14 step coffee days, too.
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New useful term "14 step coffee day"
@m_malignatus posted this in discord and basically all of us went "Ah, fuck, relatable".
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i wish i could download just this single audio file. can’t seem to find it anywhere
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Here you are. andymatuschak.org/files/Harris%2
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> “Why do you think you shouldn’t be having the problems that you’re having?”
— David Schnarch
malcolmocean.com/2017/11/transc
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Oh, this is very nice.
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