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9 Timeless Articles You’ll Read Many Times Over the Years
Wisdom worth revisiting
“Matter” is my theme for this year. As in: What matters?
So far, it has been fun to ask this question in my personal life. What are the things I really need? Who are the people I really want to be around? I’m decluttering and prioritizing the people I care about.
When it comes to my work, however, asking this question hasn’t been fun at all. It’s throwing me for a massive loop. All writers eventually hit this wall. In my case, I look back at seven years and some 2,000 pieces, and when I ask, “Which ones did I really care to write?” the answer is “Shockingly few.”
When you’ve written every day for so long, there’s always another idea, always another fluff piece you could write. Fortunately or not, I’m so bored of fluff pieces. I’d rather not repeat myself for 50 years. So, how can my problem be to your benefit?
Well, in my investigation of “Which writing matters?” I couldn’t help but dig up the articles that mattered most to me over the years. The following nine are beacons of light I keep coming back to again and again. I hope you too will find their timeless wisdom worth revisiting.
