Polishing off the week’s crumbs
Oh, hi friends!
Boy oh boy oh boy.
Oh boy oh boy oh boy.
OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY.
You are never going to not have something to do.
Why do we always pretend this?
It will be easier tomorrow…faster tomorrow…less stressful tomorrow.
Sometimes that’s true, maybe, possibly? But usually tomorrow is full of today’s stresses, plus a bunch of shiny new ones.
So why not now? Why not just do it now?
Do you have a good excuse? (You might! I always seem to come up with ironclad ones!)
But you will be doing your weekend self a favor if you do the thing now.
And just think of your Monday self! Walking into work not picking at last week’s crumbs. Man, that Monday self is gonna be good.
OK, alright, let’s go!!!
You know when you’re deep in a project and everything seems to start speaking toward and around it?
Bowie spoke to me in this one-minute clip that will set your Friday on fire. I transcribed it for you because that is how I absorb things.
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“Never work for other people at what you do.
Always remember that the reason that you initially started working was that there was something inside yourself that you felt that if you could manifest it in some way you could understand more about yourself and how you co-exist with the rest of society.
I think it’s terribly dangerous for an artist to fulfill other people’s expectations. They generally produce their worst work when they do that.
If you feel safe in the area you’re working in, you’re not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you’re capable of being in.
Go a little bit out of your depth, and when you don’t feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you’re just about in the right place to do something exciting.”
Can you have any fun at a bar with no booze? (As someone who has had her share of no-drinking spurts, I say yes!) (h/t John Fitzgerald)
How to break out of the busyness paradox (My latest for Shine, LOL when will I take my own advice?!)
Fairy Godboss is looking for a head of editorial and audience development in New York. Is that you? My friend Nina works there and vouches for this workplace!
“I had the same agent as Agatha Christie. I was about 19 years old and she was in her nineties. I met her once, and I remember she said, 'I want to die face-first in my typewriter.' And I feel that way. I mean, I want to go on forever, just writing."' How the hell has Danielle Steel managed to write 179 books?! (h/t Nina Semczuk)
“The essay that won the award and the essay that didn’t win (because it was never submitted) are exactly the same.” Oh boy oh boy. Yes. This is v good. (h/t Jane Frye)
Can you come up with 100 dreams of things you want to do, see, make? I love this idea to create a list so much. Big dreams, smallish dreams. All the dreams. (h/t Sara Brumfield)
Have you been watching my falcon babies this week? I am so proud of them! They are so big! The camera is offline until noon on Friday, and I was missing them so much yesterday.
Counting your steps isn’t just about counting your steps. A beautiful story from my friend Barbara.
And speaking of steps, I’m sending lots of motivational support and perfect weather vibes and the happiest of miles to all my friends running the Brooklyn Half-Marathon Saturday morning—go get ‘em!!!
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Thanks, as always, for reading.
Love, Kara