Sunday, September 05, 2010

...the intoxication of convalescence...





Give up on the guesswork. Decide what you're going to do this week, not this year. Figure out the next most important thing to do and do that. Make decisions right before you do something, not far in advance.
It's OK to wing it. Just got on a plane and go. You can pick up a nicer shirt, shaving cream, and a toothbrush once you get there.
Working without a plan may seem scary. But blindly following a plan that has no relationship with reality is even scarier.


REWORK

Jason Fried & David Heinemeier Hansson



"There are moments which mark your life, moments when you realize nothing will ever be the same. And time is divided into two parts, before this and after this. "


Denzel Washington

Fallen (1998)






"..Everything made us happy. We were getting better. We were full of 'the intoxication of convalescence', full, as Nietzsche said, of 'reawakened faith in tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, of a sudden sense and anticipation of a future, of impending adventures, of seas that were open again, of goals permitted again..., believed again...."


Geoff Dyer

Out of Sheer Rage