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by probe 1953 days ago
> "How should I choose what to do? Well, how had I chosen what to work on in the past? I wrote an essay for myself to answer that question, and I was surprised how long and messy the answer turned out to be. If this surprised me, who'd lived it, then I thought perhaps it would be interesting to other people, and encouraging to those with similarly messy lives. So I wrote a more detailed version for others to read, and this is the last sentence of it."

I loved the ending. The essay was primarily for him. It seems that some of the best writing, similarly to the best products, is when you yourself are the recipient.

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I also find this a lovely way to write. It's much easier to write to yourself than to someone else.
The end was a very golden braided beginning.
Nobody knows what pg will do next, even himself.

But more options are open than ever before, and his life's work continues . . .