#551 Enjoy the show

When technology and AI outpace us and we can’t be the best, smartest, fastest, strongest on the planet anymore – will we still care about our economic output?

When results have become irrelevant, what are the things I will still want to do?

Maybe we’ll rediscover value in our actions themselves and the pleasure and pain they make us feel – happy, sad, useful, worthless, brimming with purpose, overflowing with self-hatred…?

Will I still write just because I enjoy writing, even if AI could write a better-researched, more insightful book than I ever could?

Will I still learn a language just because learning a language makes me feel good, even if I could use an instant translation device to talk to anyone in the world?

Will I still spend my days in an office cubicle if that’s a painful prospect?

An era of soul-searching is coming.

One swallow doesn’t make a summer and one off-day doesn’t kill your discipline.

But keep in mind, your actions are votes, and your votes build habits.

My advice? Better maintain the majority for the habit you want to be here to stay.

You can be an aspiring writer without writing.

You can be a former writer without writing.

But you can only call yourself a writer today when you have proof that you’re currently writing.

You don’t need a motivational speech.

But you may need a reminder of who you choose to be, and what the person you choose to be would do right now.

And once you remember, you’ll have all the motivation you need.