Thoughts on Envy + April Recommendations

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We flourish when we use our feelings as a source of inspiration instead of letting them fester.
Other people also teach us how to accept ourselves. I decided to start writing more simply because I read that anecdote about how Murakami lay in a baseball field one day shortly after selling his jazz bar and was like “It would be cool to be an author” and became an author. It was so affirming to realize someone I admired so much could make decisions the way I do—without much planning or evidence—and have it work out
I occasionally do things that don’t make sense with absolutely no plan and putting it that way makes me sound reckless and dumb but it’s also so fulfilling. I pursue what I want in an experimental and dogged way because I believe there is something about intense desire that is more important than almost anything else; it doesn’t mean you’ll get the thing, but it points you to an important truth about yourself. I remember hearing an author I liked describe herself as “perpetually seeking” and it made me feel so seen because I have always been a seeker—always will be—and for so many years what I needed most was for someone to tell me that was okay.

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We flourish when we use our feelings as a source of inspiration instead of letting them fester.
Other people also teach us how to accept ourselves. I decided to start writing more simply because I read that anecdote about how Murakami lay in a baseball field one day shortly after selling his jazz bar and was like “It would be cool to be an author” and became an author. It was so affirming to realize someone I admired so much could make decisions the way I do—without much planning or evidence—and have it work out
I occasionally do things that don’t make sense with absolutely no plan and putting it that way makes me sound reckless and dumb but it’s also so fulfilling. I pursue what I want in an experimental and dogged way because I believe there is something about intense desire that is more important than almost anything else; it doesn’t mean you’ll get the thing, but it points you to an important truth about yourself. I remember hearing an author I liked describe herself as “perpetually seeking” and it made me feel so seen because I have always been a seeker—always will be—and for so many years what I needed most was for someone to tell me that was okay.