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A composer friend of mine was offered a well-paid film scoring job he didn’t love.
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He asked me whether he should take it.
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So we thought through the math together.
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He is 62.
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The average life expectancy for U.S. men is about 76, so he may have ~14 years left.
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We sleep about 1/3 of our lives, which means maybe he has ~ 9.7 awake years.
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The project would have taken 2 years.
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So, I asked him:
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Do you want to spend ~20% of what’s left on this project?

He declined the offer.
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What percentage of your remaining life are you spending on work you do not love?
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-Kabir
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Seven Point Sunday – March 8
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💼 Portfolio Career

​Maria Popova. Writer, curator, and cultural critic who built a career spanning literature, philosophy, science, and art. Best known for creating The Marginalian, she turned long-form intellectual curiosity into a sustainable independent practice without institutional backing.

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⚡️ Productivity

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💰 Wealth

​Morningstar Portfolio X-Ray. See what your investments actually hold underneath the surface. Helpful for spotting hidden concentration, overlap, or unintended risk across accounts.
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📚 Books

​Smart Brevity by Jim VandeHei et al. Practical guide to communicating with clarity and speed without losing substance. Useful for writing emails, proposals, and updates that people actually read.

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🎵 Music

​Another Green World by Brian Eno. Recorded in 1975 with a small group of rotating musicians, the album alternates between structured songs and ambient instrumentals. Eno treated the studio as a compositional tool, using chance operations and texture to blur the line between pop music and soundscape, influencing ambient, post-punk, and electronic music for decades.
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💭 AI Prompt

Describe a version of my week that looks productive on paper but leaves me exhausted. Explain what I am optimizing for, what I am ignoring, and why I keep repeating it.

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🥣 Gravy

​7 uncomfortable truths about leading high-performers​

​Great art needs distribution​

​The world forgot about liner notes​

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