Everyone has fascinations and pleasures, but only a limited time alive to indulge in them. If you know that you can expect to grow in potential, capability, power in almost any area of life if you set your attentions to it, you must be left with the problem of âwhat do I intend to make of myself?â. This is a very serious question with very serious implicationsđ
If youâre a person who wanders, uncertain what project deserves the most attention and resources next, maybe you can use âgatekeepingâ as a tool to sharpen your mind. If you feel lost, alone, and tribeless, maybe âgatekeepingâ is a silly or counterproductive diversion for you, and ought to be cast away unused.
A priori, it is impossible to decide what advice to give what person, no matter how perfectly generalizable any piece of advice might seem to be. If you ask yourself âif I like scifi so much, why havenât I written a decent story outline yet?â, the most constructive and perhaps rational response may be âperhaps I should begin writing, todayâ. Questions that may lead to unpleasant or counterproductive answers in the minds of some might only bring delight and motivation to the minds of others.
In this spirit, I hope only to offer a motivational system to nascent could-be creators on the precipice of making their first contributions to a culture, who likely need different and perhaps sterner sounding self-criticism than other people in different stages of life development.
I hope only to offer a motivational system to nascent could-be creators on the precipice of making their first contributions to a culture...
But can we do that without making it into a question of identity? I expect youâll find it far more effective to simply advise that someone might look at what they enjoy consuming for the possibility of a new creative endeavor. The approach you suggested is likely to raise a lot of defensiveness.
Everyone has fascinations and pleasures, but only a limited time alive to indulge in them.
If you know that you can expect to grow in potential, capability, power in almost any area of life if you set your attentions to it, you must be left with the problem of âwhat do I intend to make of myself?â.
This is a very serious question with very serious implicationsđ
If youâre a person who wanders, uncertain what project deserves the most attention and resources next, maybe you can use âgatekeepingâ as a tool to sharpen your mind.
If you feel lost, alone, and tribeless, maybe âgatekeepingâ is a silly or counterproductive diversion for you, and ought to be cast away unused.
A priori, it is impossible to decide what advice to give what person, no matter how perfectly generalizable any piece of advice might seem to be.
If you ask yourself âif I like scifi so much, why havenât I written a decent story outline yet?â, the most constructive and perhaps rational response may be âperhaps I should begin writing, todayâ.
Questions that may lead to unpleasant or counterproductive answers in the minds of some might only bring delight and motivation to the minds of others.
In this spirit, I hope only to offer a motivational system to nascent could-be creators on the precipice of making their first contributions to a culture, who likely need different and perhaps sterner sounding self-criticism than other people in different stages of life development.
But can we do that without making it into a question of identity? I expect youâll find it far more effective to simply advise that someone might look at what they enjoy consuming for the possibility of a new creative endeavor. The approach you suggested is likely to raise a lot of defensiveness.