effort - by Ava - bookbear express
People like to say that lives on social media look unattainable and perfect, but whenever I see something that’s beautifully curated all I can see is the sweat: the money expended, the surgery and fillers, the workouts, the interior designers, the carefully selected objects, the hours spent setting up and filming and taking photos.
People like to say that lives on social media look unattainable and perfect, but whenever I see something that’s beautifully curated all I can see is the sweat: the money expended, the surgery and fillers, the workouts, the interior designers, the carefully selected objects, the hours spent setting up and filming and taking photos. I think the effort is what’s most interesting. I like people who try very hard, and I like people who attempt to conceal their effort, but I especially like people who let all their effort show. We are all Frankenstein monsters—patchwork quilts of past…
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- The Pleasure x Effort Matrix – Syllabussyllabusproject.org
- On the Experience of Using a Guest Pass at an Elite Gymapplieddivinitystudies.com
- highly concentrated effortsubstack.com
- Why people like your quick bullshit takes better than your high-effort posts — LessWronglesswrong.com
- The appropriate amount of effort is zeroexpandingawareness.org