Preach.

You can only truly master one thing, according to Epictetus:

We control far less than we think — not even our own bodies are fully within our command — but we control the one thing that matters the most: how we think about and respond to everything that happens to us.

According to social media comments, Swindon is shit because no one in the council does anything to improve it—they are all in it to personally enrich themselves.

According to social media comments, every time the council announces plans to regenerate or reorient the focus of council-owned buildings or areas, or publicises a small success, the town will fail because Swindon is shit and they are only in it to enrich themselves.

Methinks social media commenters aren't serious people. Maybe they aren't even people.

What is this desire, for a government to, well, govern with fucking vibes?!

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then you haven't been paying enough attention.

As a wee reminder, the thousand year Reich lasted 12 years and ended with the Nuremberg Trials.

The 5 myths that make us quit before we get good:

That’s why experts don’t just repeat what they know — they constantly experiment at the edge of their abilities. Instead of grinding through repetition, they treat every practice session like a mini-laboratory.

You don't even need to master anything to experiment, Deity knows I never cook anything the same way twice, and cooking is most definitely not something I'm great at.

I get the feeling this is good for perfectionists who are yet to internalise that striving for small improvements takes you further along the road to perfection (but let's pretend that that destination is always achievable).