George Saunders

Or it's like having your birthday every day.

And then when it's not your birthday, like, huh, nobody brought me anything.

But then again, after all these years of doing it, part of it is to go.

And I'm sure you experience this too.

Like you have all that validation and that good feeling.

And then if it stops or pauses or diminishes in some way, then there's a moment there where you can say to yourself, oh, yeah, that's normal.

I ate a Butterfinger every day for the last six weeks.

Now I don't get one.

There's going to be some adjustment.

I suppose it's just like grounding yourself in the particulars of your work as opposed to the kind of looking for approbation or whatever.

beliefs last round three new cards one two or three two please who or what is your moral compass um well i mean my wife paula is for sure that's the honest answer yeah yeah we've been together a long time through a lot of things and um

You know, she's honest with me.

And she has that, I think it's a beautiful quality of being able to see you clearly, critique you, praise you, and come out on the other side with affection no matter what.

So for me, that was kind of a – I think when I was younger, I had the idea that love meant someone always liked you 100% or always praised you 100%.

And so to meet her when we were younger and kind of, oh, actually love –

means she sees you and she trusts that if she gives you her honest opinion, you'll know that she still cares, which is kind of obvious.

But for me, I always thought if you disagreed with somebody, it must be no good.

Yeah, that's a good question.

I think both.

I think at some deep cellular level, I recognized it.