Considering a “ten years or no deal” heuristic for all projects/creative commitments that are not practically necessary.
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Practically necessary = pay-the-bills work, health stuff, etc. So like writing projects, maker projects, study topics, etc.
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Did I tweet an idea vaguely like this before? Feeling some deja vu.
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Ah yes, this one: no new projects. As in tld ones. Different idea, same energy. I should combine them. No new top-level projects, and existing projects get cut unless I can commit to them for +10 years. Or they get absorbed into a project that has a 10y lease on attention.
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This flippant commitment has proved to be seriously interesting. I need to think it through and take it seriously. twitter.com/vgr/status/132…
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This stuff generally fits into my interest in “being good at being older.” America is so youth-obsessed that bring good at being older gets defined as staying young, and you almost feel apologetic about acting your age because you actually like the challenges of that life stage.
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I think these 2 heuristics (no new tld projects, 10 years or no deal) are *appropriate* challenges for 40+. They don’t make sense under 40, and you’re not really capable of living interestingly by such rules if you adopt them too young.
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I don’t act 26, but not because I’m no longer sharp enough or physically fit enough for the challenges of 26. It’s true enough but not the reason. I don’t act 26 because the challenges of being 26 bore me to tears now even though I was motivated by them when I actually *was* 26.
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Going meta on youthful challenges (teaching, investing) also strike me as boring. I’d rather suck at being 46 than pretending I can coach 26 year olds how not to suck at being 26.
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