also love the point about being slightly annoying - ive done this with a few people and they always appreciate it after - sometimes people just realize they dont wanna do the thing too, which can be sad for both sides
ah, I'm glad you wrote about strength training! I vaguely remember at some point you tweeted about building muscle, and over the course of many months that seed of an idea turned into an actual desire to go to the gym! I've been going now for the past month, so thanks for that.
Lord of the Rings would not have been completed without years of CS Lewis harassing Tolkien about it, particularly over the last two years before it went to the publisher. It is not just Tolkien politely saying this afterward. When one reads the biographies (and Bandersnatch would be good for this topic) it becomes manifest.
However, as much as I do encourage others, I seem to have perfected the being annoying part more than the actual encouragement.
great post - you are excellent at this.
also love the point about being slightly annoying - ive done this with a few people and they always appreciate it after - sometimes people just realize they dont wanna do the thing too, which can be sad for both sides
hm, doing this assumes that you know exactly what the other person wants, and i think that's usually a very difficult boundary to navigate
ah, I'm glad you wrote about strength training! I vaguely remember at some point you tweeted about building muscle, and over the course of many months that seed of an idea turned into an actual desire to go to the gym! I've been going now for the past month, so thanks for that.
If Alexy Guzey showed up at my house I would get anything done.
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Nice work!
Thank you for this 🙏
Lord of the Rings would not have been completed without years of CS Lewis harassing Tolkien about it, particularly over the last two years before it went to the publisher. It is not just Tolkien politely saying this afterward. When one reads the biographies (and Bandersnatch would be good for this topic) it becomes manifest.
However, as much as I do encourage others, I seem to have perfected the being annoying part more than the actual encouragement.