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> I wonder if Watterson was simply old-fashioned, or if he noticed something that nowadays we're less capable of noticing. I think it's the latter. What we are
by skore 14y ago
> I wonder if Watterson was simply old-fashioned, or if he noticed something that nowadays we're less capable of noticing.
I think it's the latter. What we are often missing is time. Having time in general as well as taking time. The older I get, the more I inch towards what Watterson was talking about. A while ago, I decided that I should extrapolate from this inching towards the ideals he expressed and simply act as though I had arrived there.
It has definitely made me happier, but he is right, too, that it is harder (at least harder than just shrugging and taking the money). You certainly make less money, although it's often simply a case of money arriving more slowly, building up, sustaining you - instead of making it big quick and then seeing things taper off, always trying to hold on to that big success.
In the end all the things mean so infinitely more. I enjoy living a life where the main focus is meaning.
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- unalone 14y agoWell said. I'm in that uncomfortable place right now where doing what I love doing makes me no money, and is months (at least) from making me money, and it is hard to get myself into the mindset where I'm trying to ask people to give me pay for what I can do – which is hard, because I don't want to do it and I worry that I'm bad at pretending. Or else the jobs market is just fiercely competitive nowadays. Probably both at once. Here's hoping there's a light somewhere down that tunnel... it's soothing to know that Watterson went down a similar one, and fought a fierce fight to get to the end of it himself.
- josso 14y ago@unalone: You're dead and most people won't see your comments/reply.
- skore 14y agoI have showdead:no and could see it just fine.
- mattdeboard 14y agoHe only deleted a comment
- unalone 14y agoThat was my bad. I accidentally doubleposted a comment, and deleted one of the clones.