the thing with thinking youre running out of time is that whenever you think it its undoubtedly true. Youre not delusional for thinking it at 18, 38, 68, etc.
But there is no more useful information to extract from that line of questioning so stop
Dec 15, 2025 08:41truisms like those are perfect cudgels to punish yourself with. you get to be both right and sad. the proper weapon against them is Not Knowing in a spiritually authoritative manner
“am i late”
i dont know
“am i good”
i dont know
sit in the cloud of unknowing without budging and trying to strangle answers out of a mistery and you and your art will get better