Writing is an exercise for the mind as running is for the body. Writing everyday on a consistent basis means you improve your writing, and overcome 'writers block'. More importantly, it means that even if you are writing 500 words a day, you end up with 2 Harry potter novels worth of words in a year! Even if 80% of that is unusable, you can still make a solid collection by compiling and combining the rest.
I've been thinking about writing for an hour/hour and a half ever day, to reach 1000-1200 words every day. A 'project' would last for two weeks, and within that time, I'd write within the same theme. My dream idea is to complete a 'novella'/story 10-15k words long every two weeks. To make the stories more interesting, I'd take whatever was in the Nepali paper the day before, and incorporate that into the story. Here's an example: The Story of How Comrade Chairman Won: A Tale of Jumping Mon(k)eys. You know, turn the guff-gaff that happens in Nepali chiya-pasals into stories.
Fingers crossed!
The difficulty in being good
Dharma is suksma Gurcharan Das says, subtle. Even the most pious men and women who have devoted their lives to being good, kind and fair often fail. Not because it's impossible to meet those ideals, but because it's hard work to identify in any given situation what goodness is. There's great subtlety in the right course of actions one must take, even after ignoring the utilitarian concerns. Krishna would not have been a utilitarian, he would be more aligned with Kant's Categorical Imperative -- his definition of karma is a lot more complex and subtle (and perhaps more well-considered? We HAVE had ~1900 more centuries with that) than Kant's Imperatives.
Being good is hard work -- it requires constant self-examination and understanding of the subtleties of circumstances one finds themselves in. It's not to imply that being good is not worth it, but that goodness is EVEN more underappreciated quality in an individual than most people who appreciate it consider. Good people are not good because it's easy, they are good despite it being hard.
Being good is hard work -- it requires constant self-examination and understanding of the subtleties of circumstances one finds themselves in. It's not to imply that being good is not worth it, but that goodness is EVEN more underappreciated quality in an individual than most people who appreciate it consider. Good people are not good because it's easy, they are good despite it being hard.
What is all this AWOL about
I'm lazy. I have a job now(!) which doesn't give me a lot of slack time like 'back in the day.
I'm reading cool books at this precise moment.
Gurcharan Das's The Difficulty in Being Good: The subtle art of Dharma is a damn good book for anyone looking for recommendation.
Angela Duckworth's Grit is pretty good too, but it's more of a psych-research, pop-psy than an in-depth philosophical exploration.
Good things have been happening, okay things have been happening. I'm taking someone to the court because reasons. Someone will interrupt and say 'oh but small claims court', and then someone else will say 'ohh and its because random roommate rent-nonpayment' but yanno, batatas potatoes.
I'm reading cool books at this precise moment.
Gurcharan Das's The Difficulty in Being Good: The subtle art of Dharma is a damn good book for anyone looking for recommendation.
Angela Duckworth's Grit is pretty good too, but it's more of a psych-research, pop-psy than an in-depth philosophical exploration.
Good things have been happening, okay things have been happening. I'm taking someone to the court because reasons. Someone will interrupt and say 'oh but small claims court', and then someone else will say 'ohh and its because random roommate rent-nonpayment' but yanno, batatas potatoes.
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