Scribbles

Public domain image from the Wikipedia Commons I used to think that starting up learning projects was like teeing up paper boats. Turns out they’re like launching ships! I can only do them, one at a time.

I ran across this post on the Neil Gaiman blog yesterday and I’m quoting it in its entirety, crossing my fingers, hoping Kelton Wright won’t mind. Her advice exudes big sister authority, kindness and clarity all at once, making me wish I read her when I was hurt and confused. Kelton’s original post is here. She also has a book. Anonymous asked: Hey. I am a 29 yr old female who for a slew of reasons happens to be completely inexperienced in matters of love/sex. I only just started dating a month ago and while it’s going well, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of inadequacy. Like even if something does pan out what could I possibly have to contribute to the relationship? Am I just chasing a pipe dream? Is it too late for me to start looking for love/ sex? Or do I just need to calm the fuck down? ...

As I was reading David Suchet’s memoirs of his awesome Poirot run, I ran across this awesome Agatha Christie quote, echoing Stephen Pressfield (or actually presaging him …) on turning pro and doing the work. That was the moment when I changed from an amateur to a professional. I assumed the burden of a profession, which is to write even when you don’t want to, don’t much like what you are writing, and aren’t writing particularly well. ...

Have somehow managed to get upto speed with my maths up to standard 10th. On my way to do more algebra, some geometry and trigonometry. What folks outside India’d call PreCalculus. While agebra and geometry are familiar, trigonometry is something I remember almost nothing of. Time to practice.

Finished the Art of Thinking Clearly yesterday. Tried getting into Dennett’s Intuition Pumps, but it somehow put me off. So switched to Tren Griffin’s Munger book today. This is a lot more fun. I wish I had Tren’s ability to look at something complex (such as successful people’s lives) and distill it succintly into something compact, discrete, wise and enormously useful. Hopefully if I write every day, I’ll get there. In the meanwhile go to Tren’s blog and learn something new! ...

Just writing to kick off the daily habit. Most of these will just ber random posts, until I get into the habit. Inspiration - Seth Godin!