Achieving expertise and doing creative work is all horribly complicated and difficult and paradoxical and frustrating and recursive and James Joyce-y—and any guide, blog, binary, guru, or “nice guy” that tries to suggest otherwise is probably giving you a complimentary colonoscopy.

“Distraction,” Simplicity, and Running Toward Shitstorms

I can hear Merlin ranting about posting quotes and tips now, but damn this stuff is top notch and it needs to be read.