Background: two years ago, I dropped out of college with a tremendous amount of debt. I’d failed several classes right before I dropped out, and generally made a big mess of things.
Still alive today, I’m beginning to step free of a lot of social conventions, letting go of shame and the habit of groveling, and learning to really value (and not just know I should value) important things. I am searching for how to make my strongest contribution. In the short term, that probably has to do with making a lot of money, but on the side, I have an inkling that working on my writing and learning to take in and express complicated ideas in speech, prose, poetry, and myth could come in handy. I’m only okay at helping other people with their hangups, but I think it’d be a great thing if I could get really good at overcoming my own, especially the difficult seeming ones.
I owe Michael Vassar for some particularly good advice from a few months back. He also pointed me in the direction of the ancient Cynics—they’ve been a huge help to me, philosophically.
Background: two years ago, I dropped out of college with a tremendous amount of debt. I’d failed several classes right before I dropped out, and generally made a big mess of things.
Still alive today, I’m beginning to step free of a lot of social conventions, letting go of shame and the habit of groveling, and learning to really value (and not just know I should value) important things. I am searching for how to make my strongest contribution. In the short term, that probably has to do with making a lot of money, but on the side, I have an inkling that working on my writing and learning to take in and express complicated ideas in speech, prose, poetry, and myth could come in handy. I’m only okay at helping other people with their hangups, but I think it’d be a great thing if I could get really good at overcoming my own, especially the difficult seeming ones.
I owe Michael Vassar for some particularly good advice from a few months back. He also pointed me in the direction of the ancient Cynics—they’ve been a huge help to me, philosophically.