confessions

When was the moment you realized you’d never try to seem smarter or more impressive than you really are?

I’ll go first!

I was 16, talking to the school’s certified heartbreaker, and we were chatting about books. He asked if I’d read The Prince by Machiavelli. I had never even heard of it. Then he said he didn’t know anyone who’d actually read it and that I talk about books in such an interesting way, he’d love to discuss it.

Guess who spent the next week reading a 16th-century political theory classic. 

When I showed up ready to discuss, he looked surprised and said:
“Whoa, you really read it? That was 2Pac’s favorite book. I wanted to read it too, but it’s kinda heavy… did you like it?“

Yeah. Never again.

Aesthetic hunter • Bits of life from southern Germany

Strong anecdote, worth sharing, made better by the lessons you thought to learn. 🙌