Mark Manson

Well, I stay inside. That's one way I suffer for the right reasons. I think there are a few fronts. One, I think the most obvious example is just my career. So it's writing is... I mean, it's fun a lot of times, but a lot of times it's suffering.

Well, I stay inside. That's one way I suffer for the right reasons. I think there are a few fronts. One, I think the most obvious example is just my career. So it's writing is... I mean, it's fun a lot of times, but a lot of times it's suffering.

Well, I stay inside. That's one way I suffer for the right reasons. I think there are a few fronts. One, I think the most obvious example is just my career. So it's writing is... I mean, it's fun a lot of times, but a lot of times it's suffering.

Well, I stay inside. That's one way I suffer for the right reasons. I think there are a few fronts. One, I think the most obvious example is just my career. So it's writing is... I mean, it's fun a lot of times, but a lot of times it's suffering.

Absolutely. And I talked about this in my first book, Subtle Art. I said that if you think about the most important experiences of your life, probably three out of four of them were negative experiences. Like a breakup, a death, losing a job. These all, they're horrible in the moment, but when you look back on them years and years later, you're like, wow, I'm so glad that happened.

Absolutely. And I talked about this in my first book, Subtle Art. I said that if you think about the most important experiences of your life, probably three out of four of them were negative experiences. Like a breakup, a death, losing a job. These all, they're horrible in the moment, but when you look back on them years and years later, you're like, wow, I'm so glad that happened.

Absolutely. And I talked about this in my first book, Subtle Art. I said that if you think about the most important experiences of your life, probably three out of four of them were negative experiences. Like a breakup, a death, losing a job. These all, they're horrible in the moment, but when you look back on them years and years later, you're like, wow, I'm so glad that happened.

Absolutely. And I talked about this in my first book, Subtle Art. I said that if you think about the most important experiences of your life, probably three out of four of them were negative experiences. Like a breakup, a death, losing a job. These all, they're horrible in the moment, but when you look back on them years and years later, you're like, wow, I'm so glad that happened.

Absolutely. And I talked about this in my first book, Subtle Art. I said that if you think about the most important experiences of your life, probably three out of four of them were negative experiences. Like a breakup, a death, losing a job. These all, they're horrible in the moment, but when you look back on them years and years later, you're like, wow, I'm so glad that happened.

I'm finishing up another book right now and I went back to revise a chapter that I hadn't looked at in a few months and I just looked at it and I'm like, this is terrible. This is absolutely terrible. And it's almost heartbreaking. I had to take the rest of the afternoon off because to have something that you've been working on for over a year and you think you're almost done

I'm finishing up another book right now and I went back to revise a chapter that I hadn't looked at in a few months and I just looked at it and I'm like, this is terrible. This is absolutely terrible. And it's almost heartbreaking. I had to take the rest of the afternoon off because to have something that you've been working on for over a year and you think you're almost done

I'm finishing up another book right now and I went back to revise a chapter that I hadn't looked at in a few months and I just looked at it and I'm like, this is terrible. This is absolutely terrible. And it's almost heartbreaking. I had to take the rest of the afternoon off because to have something that you've been working on for over a year and you think you're almost done

I'm finishing up another book right now and I went back to revise a chapter that I hadn't looked at in a few months and I just looked at it and I'm like, this is terrible. This is absolutely terrible. And it's almost heartbreaking. I had to take the rest of the afternoon off because to have something that you've been working on for over a year and you think you're almost done

I'm finishing up another book right now and I went back to revise a chapter that I hadn't looked at in a few months and I just looked at it and I'm like, this is terrible. This is absolutely terrible. And it's almost heartbreaking. I had to take the rest of the afternoon off because to have something that you've been working on for over a year and you think you're almost done

I'm such a better person for that happening.

I'm such a better person for that happening.

I'm such a better person for that happening.

I'm such a better person for that happening.

I'm such a better person for that happening.

And then you go look at an early part of it and you're like, wow, I can't publish that. That is awful. It just flattens you. And I think... Writing has its emotional struggles that a lot of people just don't. I seem to be constituted for it. I like being alone. I like working by myself. I don't mind rewriting something like eight different times.