r ranson wrote:
A powerful video looking at where we are today, productivity, and hobbies.
One line I especially liked was how hobbies are supposed to be part of our life where it's safe to be terrible at something, experiment, mess about, and just do it for ourselves.
It breaks my heart to think of the grind culture. I got caught up in it when I worked for younger people because they saw my talent as something that should be exploited. I tried to make their vision work and gradually became unable to paint anything. Once I realized that I don't have to monetize anything and stepped away from what every other person thought I "should" be doing, I found my love of painting again.
The biggest problem with a social media driven world is there is no lack of others telling us what we should be doing and how we're worthless if we don't follow them. How exhausting is that! I love that I can come to Permies and find gentle, hardworking souls who are making their own little corners of the world beautiful.