Digital dreaming of my prettyboy in a turban sitting in Takht Hazaara.
Jhang
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Here's how I teach it: Plot answers the question, "What is the story about?" Theme answers the question, "What does the story mean?" Most often that question is tied to the Protagonist psychological circumstances and why they *need* to go on that specific journey.
I’ve received an author scam invite for someone else’s book. The scammers are disorganized and a mess.
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JUST IN: Jensen Huang reportedly has no prenup, meaning a divorce could cost him $81 billion, the most expensive divorce ever.
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Yas tutulamadığında, idealleştirilmiş kayıp nesne arayışı sürer, yeni nesneler sevilemez, kişinin güncel yaşamındaki nesneler değersizleşir ve varoluşsal pek çok alanda ketlenme pahasına nostaljinin peşine düşülür.
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The entire point of nurturing a high truth preference is a simple one: you do not want to be a coward, and you most certainly do want to be strong, and therefore you cannot be your own blind spot.
The presence of intelligence is not an assurance of wisdom. To possess and act in accordance with one’s wisdom, you must be grounded in truth. There is no more tragic waste of a great intelligence than the inability to turn that intellect on oneself and strip bare what must be laid bare - to cease with the rationalisations, evasions and elaborate logical constructions that make sense of a thing without being true of that thing, which is why you must inhabit the modesty of a monk and the epistemic humility of a scientist.
Why am I like this? Why did I do that? How will I stop doing that? You must painstakingly construct your models from first principles, and not yield to the motivated reasoning of pain and fear to give convincing and convenient but ultimately false explanations for things. How are you going to hold your head high and truly respect yourself, when you lie to yourself, but then demand honesty from others? To be a paradox is a beautiful thing, to embody the hypocrite is to unravel.
Most people spend their lives avoiding themselves, making excuses for themselves, living in fairytales and blaming others for things that were within their control. If you are more sophisticated, you will blame yourself for things that were outside of your control. None of that matters. What matters is what is true. Not what you want to believe, not what is easy to believe, not what is convenient to think, but this sole and singular obsession: is that absolutely true?
Run it by your reasoning, run it by your emotions and run it by your deepest intuition - run it by every system you have available to you, and do so without a desire to protect yourself - but to truly know yourself - and you will have your answer.
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you need to become so convinced of what you’re capable of that temporary setbacks stop making you question your entire future. not in some delusional “i can do anything” way. but in a way where you genuinely trust yourself to figure things out, learn what you don’t know and keep going when things get difficult.
most people abandon their goals mentally before they’ve even given themselves a fair chance. one failure makes them question their ability. one rejection makes them reconsider their direction. one bad month makes them believe they’re not meant for something bigger.
and that’s the real problem. you cannot build an extraordinary life while constantly looking for reasons to doubt yourself. confidence comes from knowing that even if things don’t work out the first time, you have what it takes to try again, adapt, and get better.
so stop treating every setback like a final verdict on your potential. believe in your ability to make things happen, then back that belief with consistent action.
be so committed to the outcome that failure becomes feedback, not a reason to quit.
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The hidden cost of playing it safe with boring questions like "How is the weather?" is that you waste your cognitive energy on scripts that nobody cares about.
Human beings deeply crave being known, and they are usually waiting for someone else to break the ice.
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When you find yourself obsessing over someone or something, ask yourself:
"What am I projecting onto this person or thing that I am failing to honor or embody within myself?"
When you can see clearly what the mirror is pointing back at you, you gain insight into how to become more whole and integrated, and the projection falls away.
The mirror points you to greater degrees of consciousness and freedom within yourself, if you have the awareness and courage to look at what it's trying to teach you.
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This book by Andrew Loomis “Creative Illustration” taught me so much about composition. I used it in art school. The whole book in pdf form It’s free on this website
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'You Can Just Do Things' by @catehall is the most comprehensive, insightful guide to agency I've ever seen. It walks you through the full spectrum of meta-skills which are useful for achieving any goal.
If I only knew that someone has a problem and absolutely nothing else about them, I would recommend this book. That said, it’s not something fluffy. It’s the opposite of insight porn ~all of the value comes from deliberately applying the methods described irl not from just reading about it.
I recommend it to anyone who has a problem.
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Never negotiate a medical bill on the phone. Send their billing department this exact email and BCC your personal records:
"I am requesting a fully itemized statement with all CPT billing codes for this encounter. Under the Federal No Surprises Act, I am formally disputing this balance. Please place this account on a 30-day billing hold while I cross-reference these codes for potential upcoding violations."