I honestly don’t feel great about my post from yesterday. Nobody likes being told their baby is ugly but it is also not a norm to express frank thoughts on baby beauty. I won’t make it a habit.
Honestly I’ve just had a really, really bad week. today was my 3rd or 4th day of basically not coding because I have been so emotionally drained.
in other news I got into EF yesterday and am excited about the opportunity :) I’m not quite sure how to plan for it but getting in was the main thing.
Today I had a really good chat with David Yang pretty much about everything on my mind. He was very generous with his time and helped put some things in perspective. I am looking forward to meeting with a fullstack alum he is putting me in touch with.
Lastly I have been keeping a constant mental process going this week ruminating on Principles. Ray Dalio is hitting the circuit hard with his book (now with 100% less hyena!) but it was Ryan Glover who really inspired me to write up my own.
So the personal mission this weekend is simple - get my personal site up to form (i have left it untouched since i joined fullstack).
Some principles I aspire to in no particular order:
- help only when asked, overhelp when asked
- Create > Curate > Consume
- What Would Alex Good Do
- Increase Alignment
- Life Is Short
- Balance the Axis of Ego
- Start With Why
- Bias toward Action
I am very excited by SpaceX’s BFR Earth to Earth travel. Just a reminder that there are people working on actual hard things in the world.