The line about a calendar full enough to make anxiety look like ambition is the whole essay in one sentence. What's harder than breaking the compulsive work is sitting with what surfaces in the first ten quiet minutes after — that's usually where the real question was hiding the whole time.
Oh yes, the first ten quiet minutes are brutal. That's honestly the part I still haven't fully figured out: the not-doing is easy to talk about, the sitting with it after is where it actually gets tested.
Abhishek, this is so true. Being busy can make us feel like we are making progress when we are not.
The line about a calendar full enough to make anxiety look like ambition is the whole essay in one sentence. What's harder than breaking the compulsive work is sitting with what surfaces in the first ten quiet minutes after — that's usually where the real question was hiding the whole time.
Oh yes, the first ten quiet minutes are brutal. That's honestly the part I still haven't fully figured out: the not-doing is easy to talk about, the sitting with it after is where it actually gets tested.
Anyway, thank you for reading and engaging Jean!
Saving this one for later.
Thank you Ali!
Thanks to you man, great content! 🙏