People love to watch a train wreck, I suppose.
Bravery comes when you commit to doing the work.
Don't settle. Don't finish crappy books. If you don't like the menu, leave the restaurant. If you're not on the right path, get off it.
What's required is a kind of social media sherpa, who can find you the audience you seek, who can reach to them on the platforms where they are already congregating, and who can help promote in tasteful ways that fit the sensitivities of the networks where your audiences are found.
Ask yourself this question CONSTANTLY: where can I add the most value to what matters most to me and the people who care about me?
Your excuses will never be as good as the story of how you got it done.
Your day is your week is your month is your year.
The thing you are ripening toward is the fruit of your life. It will make you bright inside, no matter what you are outside. It is a shining thing.
This great republic is a mockery of freedom as long as you are doomed to dig and sweat to earn a miserable living while the masters enjoy the fruit of your toil.
Milwaukee one of my favorite cites; I think Milwaukee is #1.
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit. ' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists [sic], one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails.