Christ! Reading this post on Brain Pickings scared the bejeezus out of me.

I realise I am really sick when it comes to “doing”

I think there’s hope though.
Like Ramon y Cajal suggests …

Tackle small problems first, so that if success smiles and strength increases, one may then undertake the great feats of investigation.

And that’s what I am doing these days.

Lovely post as usual by the amazing Maria Popova and another book for the Antilibrary