Achieving expertise and doing creative work is all horribly complicated and difficult and paradoxical and frustrating and recursive and James Joyce-y—and any guide, blog, binary, guru, or “nice guy” that tries to suggest otherwise is probably giving you a complimentary colonoscopy.

“​D​i​s​t​r​a​c​t​i​o​n​,​”​ ​S​i​m​p​l​i​c​i​t​y​,​ ​a​n​d​ ​R​u​n​n​i​n​g​ ​T​o​w​a​r​d​ ​S​h​i​t​s​t​o​r​m​s​ ​|​ ​4​3​ ​F​o​l​d​e​r​s

I can hear Merlin ranting about posting quotes and tips now, but damn this stuff is top notch and it needs to be read.