Cal Newport
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Appearances Over Time
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Life is interesting.
This is fun.
We're building stuff.
There's original artwork in it.
There's stained glass windows.
And it was almost like a metaphor for, you know, our time more generally.
They're like, this is cool.
We have a lot of time.
No, we don't get to choose every minute exactly what we do, but like...
We're driving kids around and get to talk to them in the car.
We get to listen, you know, have projects we're working on.
We're training for an athletic event.
We have hobbies that are interesting.
We do things in the community and we're on boards.
And it's a pain sometimes, but also it's fun and it's important.
And there's always a lot going on.
And it's a lot better than, you know, being in 11th century Europe as a surf or something.
You're just in the field and you're going to die at 35 or whatever.
I just thought that was such a good shift.
All right, so I was going to end it there, but now I've got to pull this thread just briefly because now I'm thinking about it.