Wonderful piece. When I was working toward becoming a writer, I took up odd jobs as a handyman around LA. It was a wonderful counterpoint to the heady work I am more suited to doing.
I learned something important. Sometimes, it was hard to fix things. When I was stuck, I would mutter to myself, "there is always a way." And I usually found…
Wonderful piece. When I was working toward becoming a writer, I took up odd jobs as a handyman around LA. It was a wonderful counterpoint to the heady work I am more suited to doing.
I learned something important. Sometimes, it was hard to fix things. When I was stuck, I would mutter to myself, "there is always a way." And I usually found a way.
That's helpful for anyone to know-- because sometimes when heady ideas don't work out in the real world, we sometimes blame the real world for not being "worthy" of our ideas. But that's backward. The ideas are what's not worthy -- not yet anyway. But the good news is that there is always a way. Keep trying.
Doing embodied work makes you a better person, a better writer, and a better software engineer. No one should feel that any honest work is too "low" for them. It's not.
I so agree. I cried the entire time I put up my wallpaper (my walls are not flat), but I am probably proudest of that room, and I felt so accomplished when I completed it. I do feel a similar sense of accomplishment when I complete an essay, but it's more intellectual than tangible.
Wonderful piece. When I was working toward becoming a writer, I took up odd jobs as a handyman around LA. It was a wonderful counterpoint to the heady work I am more suited to doing.
I learned something important. Sometimes, it was hard to fix things. When I was stuck, I would mutter to myself, "there is always a way." And I usually found a way.
That's helpful for anyone to know-- because sometimes when heady ideas don't work out in the real world, we sometimes blame the real world for not being "worthy" of our ideas. But that's backward. The ideas are what's not worthy -- not yet anyway. But the good news is that there is always a way. Keep trying.
Doing embodied work makes you a better person, a better writer, and a better software engineer. No one should feel that any honest work is too "low" for them. It's not.
I so agree. I cried the entire time I put up my wallpaper (my walls are not flat), but I am probably proudest of that room, and I felt so accomplished when I completed it. I do feel a similar sense of accomplishment when I complete an essay, but it's more intellectual than tangible.