@marlo

i’ll be talking about rest and laziness a lot, and it’s going to sound like i’m against work. that i’m all for doing nothing. just lazing about, expecting everything you want to come to you. but that’s entitlement. that’s a whole different thing there’s more nuance to this. more paradox when you stop using effort as your main tool for success, when you start prioritizing your mental health, when you start living your highest values (which do not include exerting as much effort as possible to avoid judgement and danger) it lights you on fire, and your work becomes more enjoyable than almost anything else when i’m aligned with passion, inspiration, and flow, i will easily work fourteen hours a day and then force myself to stop to get a decent sleep then wake up feeling excited to get started again but it doesn’t feel like work. and i’m not doing it because anyone forced me, or convinced me i’m unworthy without it. i just can’t get enough that’s the paradox of deprioritizing work. when the pressure is completely off, it becomes a joy if i can get into this state and sustain it for a few weeks or months, incredible things always happen

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