From the archive

You don't need a new life. You need to get through the boring part

This isn't a demand to endure anything and everything. Bad conditions exist, pointless processes exist, goals you no longer want exist. You can begin something and discover that the actual life inside that decision doesn't suit you. But it helps to distinguish “I don't want the result” from “I don't enjoy today's way of approaching it.” And separately from “I thought every day would feel like a life-changing event.” If you still want the language, a conversation full of mistakes doesn't necessarily prove emigrating was a mistake. If you want a working project, a dull day of revisions doesn't necessarily mean you've lost your purpose. Sometimes they're just revisions. Don't demand that they explain the meaning of life.