Writing

But mostly changing the world is a matter of luck, not effort or brilliance or ambition.

Mette Marie Ivie in her substack Kicking and Screaming:

https://open.substack.com/pub/metteh/p/i-was-going-to-change-the-world?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1ny8v

I gravitate towards writers who want something better for themselves and the world

https://open.substack.com/pub/aplaceforwriters/p/navel-gazing-a-space-for-outsiders

My primary aim as a human is intertwined with my aims as a writer: I want the truth. I want to be ruthlessly honest with myself as a human and with my readers as a writer. I want to accept myself fully as I am in any moment while also working to unearth and expose the ways I’ve learned to survive, in order to find new ways to trust myself and the w