Motivation

How One Word is Shifting My Perspective from Defeatism to Optimism

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A recurring sentiment that often punctuates my pursuits is “Why bother. I’m not good enough. This is pointless.” It’s not really a surprise to me that this usually seems to happen right before the descent into The Valley of the Forgotten. This kind of thought is an example of “catastrophic thinking” or “pessimistic determinism”, and … Read more

I’m not a jack-of-all trades; I’m a curator of abandoned hobbies.

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Picture this. I’ve just found something I like to do – maybe that’s drawing, or collecting rocks that are a specific shade of blue, or collecting sixteenth century rag dolls. Doesn’t matter, this is it, this is the new hot thing and it’s got my attention and by golly, I’m going to die with the … Read more