The phrasing is from [[Ursula K. Le Guin]]'s novel *The Dispossessed*. Writing is re-examining values --Kenneth Atchity, [[A Writer's Time]] What matters to me is the ease with which I free-associate and the skill with which I reincorporate. --[[Impro]], p. 113 Venkat's 3 R's from [The Calculus of Grit](https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2011/08/19/the-calculus-of-grit/): Reworking, Referencing, Releasing > All you have to do is to look for an area in your life where a lot of rework is naturally happening, maintain an adequate density of internal referencing to your own past work in that area, and release often enough that you can forget about timing the market for your output. It's humbling to see that he published that essay in 2011 and I was originally inspired to follow its principles in 2013. Makes me wonder what I'm thinking about now that I'll still be thinking about in 2035. As we age we're drawn toward the perennial... I feel this call and I feel... sheepish? about it. Like it's giving up early. But there's something very real there. It's not just jokes about being a [[turtle]]. #todo