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Jeynick's avatar

I am a new reader here but I already get the feeling that you are my impersonal personal coach. Do you do personal coaching or does "read the Bible, pray and work diligently daily" suffice?

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Zack Grafman's avatar

I really appreciate your kind words Jey, but I would feel a total fraud trying to sell that exact single piece of advice that you clearly already know 😃

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Jeynick's avatar

I purchased the founders subscription package and I got an email saying that I will be receiving a link to a private discord group shortly, but I didn't get anything yet. Isn't the "founders" group set up yet or what is the issue?

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Zack Grafman's avatar

First off, huge thank you for that, and secondly, Discord is still a work in progress. But I would love to connect with you and talk about whatever is on your mind! Drop me your Discord here and I’ll DM you!

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Minna's avatar

Beautiful.

Some days I resist and then I think of the elves and their melancholy:

"The world has changed.

I see it in the water.

I feel it in the Earth.

I smell it in the air."

Other days I realize that this is who I am - I must create.

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Zack Grafman's avatar

I really appreciate the reference actually Minna, Tolkien’s view of the world as a place of fallen and fading beauty is hugely influential in my life and writing, mostly because I believe it’s true. I don’t see the two feelings (suffering and feelings of loss, as if great beauty is passing away forever, and the impulse to create) as in opposition at all; Tolkien himself saw art as a way of holding back the encroaching twilight, of keeping alive things that otherwise might fade.

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Trilety Wade's avatar

Loved this piece. To accept our true selves even if they don't align with our dreamt up selves, or to become that self. This line - so succinct and true: Because not everyone is supposed to be doing everything.

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AJ's avatar

Really enjoyed this, especially this line:

"You’re not preparing, learning, biding your time for the perfect moment. You’re afraid."

🔥

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