All right, everybody. This is to Pamolini from free domain, of course. This is a man who has very kindly taken a private call and made it a public call, which is interesting. It's a little bit of window into how I work in private calls. And he didn't read his message to begin with, because of course it was a private call, after he agreed to make it public,

he also agreed that I could read the message he sent me originally. So this is what he said. He said,

topic, I keep playing musical chairs. Topic detail. After a lot of journaling, therapy, and other

self-knowledge and growth work, I've made a lot of progress getting out of the depths of depression and drug use in my late teens and early 20s.

I have a lot more ability to be social and productive now, but I still find myself running through these two related loops with friends slash dating and work.

With work, I like to either make enough money to invest and homeschool

without needing to work much to support my future family, or work my way into a position

where I can earn a good living without needing to work in consistent nine to five or 12-hour

startup days. I have a couple of ideas on how to do that, but their longer range and the path is unclear, which calls for working

out more clear intermediate steps and working towards those, something I've done before, but I've

found that almost anything I plan on more than a two-week timeline, I'll start to disengage

when the initial momentum starts dying. Thankfully, I found a way to a pretty good job in position that can lead to better future opportunities

without being able to execute that clearly slash consistently on longer term projects, but I continually

have a sense that I'm just about topped out there, that if I don't figure out how to stay engaged

with a longer term project, I'll not be able to get a big win financially or increase my income

while also having the kind of work-life balance I want for me and my family.

With both friendships and dating, I found myself challenged to be interested in people consistently,

both to go out and start conversations with people that might become friends or romantic partners,

as well as staying interested

enough to follow up. If I do that, like someone and exchange contact information with them,

some ideas slash info that I think are relevant to both. I've noticed I tend towards sarcasm and cynicism

as a way to protect myself and the risks of caring about someone or something, and that

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