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3-2-1: My advice for writers, what silence says, and the chapters of your life
read on JAMESCLEAR.COM | MARCH 21, 2024
Happy 3-2-1 Thursday!
Here are 3 ideas, 2 quotes, and 1 question to consider this week...
3 Ideas From Me
I.
"A truth unsaid can still be felt.
What needs to be discussed, but hasn't been said yet?
Clear the air."
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II.
"My friend, who sometimes shares his writing with me, once said my feedback always falls into three categories:
1. Make it shorter.
2. Make it more appealing.
3. How could it apply to more people?"
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III.
"Some people get addicted to chain-smoking their problems. They spend all day going from sorrow to sorrow. It doesn't have to be that way. You can live each day going from joy to joy—like a sunflower that turns to face the sun as it moves across the sky. It's not about having a problem-free life, but about focusing on the light. Sunflowers still have shadows, but they are always behind them."
2 Quotes From Others
I.
Computer scientist and technology blogger John Gruber on quality:
"The quality of any creative endeavor tends to approach the level of taste of whoever is in charge."
Source: The Auteur Theory of Design (2009)
II.
Writer and Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez on what matters in life:
"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it."
Source: Interview with Gerald Martin
1 Question For You
Imagine your life as a book. What title would you give to the current chapter, and what is going to be the next?
(Thanks to Jard for today's question.)
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Until next week,
James Clear
