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SAM ELSNER retweeted
Please study why people who feel fully ALIVE:
> follow interests they can’t explain
> let themselves be beginners
> leave room for unplanned afternoons
> have conversations that run past midnight
> make things without needing an audience
> keep parts of their lives unshared
> tell the truth before it becomes resentment
> let some questions stay unanswered
> stop turning every hobby into income
> forgive themselves for changing
> give up dreams they never chose
> choose friends they can be quiet around
> let a beautiful life look ordinary
SAM ELSNER retweeted
AI can help you plan the next ten years while you avoid the next ten minutes.
You ask it about the business you “could” build, the skill you “could” learn, or he person you “could" become.
It gives you a beautiful answer.
For a while, you can see the whole thing working out.
Then you get started.
A step that took one sentence to explain takes you all afternoon to figure out.
So you try a few things AND you’re still stuck.
And wouldn’t you know it, another idea catches your eye.
This one looks much easier.
Well, sure. You haven’t experienced the difficult parts yet.
So you open a new chat.
Another plan. Another fresh start. You get to feel like you know what you’re doing again.
By bedtime, the work you got stuck on is still waiting.
Sound familiar?
Before you ask for another plan, go back to that unfinished task.
Make the next attempt small enough to finish today.
> Make a rough version
> Let someone try it
> Notice where they get stuck
> Change one thing and try again
Now you have something specific to ask AI:
↳ “People keep getting stuck here. What could I change?”
Try a suggestion and see whether it helps.
You have something to build on the next time you sit down.
The Skill Journal walks you through that kind of practice.
It’s a free 22-page handbook with a seven-day plan. Pick one skill you want to learn, then follow one small task each day.
Each task gives you:
> Something to try
> Something to watch for
> Space to record what happened
Most tasks take 10 to 15 minutes. Keep the blank logs and use them again next week.
Get your free copy. Open it to Day 1.
Give that skill the next ten minutes.
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SAM ELSNER retweeted
Stop doomscrolling. Build something meaningful...
Here's 11 Methods To Disrupt Your Dopamine Loops:
- Curate your interface and control your inputs
- Disrupt the habits that are causing you harm
- Turn that reclaimed time into creative momentum
tommy.eden.so/11-methods-to-…
SAM ELSNER retweeted
Your brain updates its self-image from evidence, not from plans. One finished rep today does more than a week of thinking about it. Write down what you did so the evidence has somewhere to live.
SAM ELSNER retweeted
Talking to AI is basically the same as writing.
I should know, because I do both—for about 5 hours a day.
When you write for a person, your reader, you want to get an idea across. You want them to understand it, relate to it, and do something with it.
When you talk to AI, you're doing the same thing. It trains your ability to express yourself and get your point across. One might even argue that feedback is much more direct.
There are many nuances:
- sitting in front of a screen can be like gulping down information from a fire hose, this interferes with creativity
- the environment is much more distraction-prone
- you get feedback from a machine, not from a human, which makes you optimize for different things
- use your creativity!
For those saying AI is a devil and it's the end of creative work, I'll leave you with an illustration.
SAM ELSNER retweeted
I'm begging to write more.
Write 500 words a day every day for the next 12 months.
Write without AI. Without trying to go viral. Without judgment. Without caring about what other people will say.
Just you, an idea you're interested in, articulated the way you understand.
You have no idea how much your life will change from a simple habit.
SAM ELSNER retweeted
Pick a challenge too big for who you are now.
That's how people change. A challenge above your level drags the new version of you out.
It will suck. You'll fail constantly. You'll feel like a fraud for months. Your old self will beg you to stay the same.
But if you can pull this off, 10-20 times throughout your life, you will blow past everyone else.