Kurt Vonnegut, Being Good At Things Is Not The Point Of Doing Them.

*sweating, whole body shaking while I stare at a google doc* would he fucking say that????

To put it very bluntly.

You will always make a better impact helping people who need it than trying to hurt people you think deserve it.

noo brain don't start missing things you've outgrown please ahah

Devastating to have more evidence that done IS better than perfect

bruh

not romantic not platonic but a secret third thing [what would happen between earth and the moon if the earth stopped spinning as illustrated by xkcd randall munroe]

mmm oh I can't think about that or I'll die

a big lesson for me was learning that most things are not as fragile as I’d believed. missing a class, or turning in a bad assignment, won’t instantly destroy your professor’s opinion of you. accidentally saying something harsh won’t make your friend want to end the friendship. it takes work to repair these things - it takes effort and research and sometimes a sincere apology - but you can do that because they’re not irreparably broken. what you’ve worked to build, in academia and in relationships and in life, is stronger and more enduring that your mind may teach you to believe. don’t let imagined fragility lead you to giving up