Taylin John Simmonds Quotes

If writing feels hard, it might be because you’re doing it correctly.

Writing is thinking. Real thinking. The kind that digs deeper than surface level assumptions. Of course it’s exhausting. Thinking clearly is really fricken hard.

Difficulty is part of the reward.

The internet is outliers teaching people who will never be outliers how to become outliers.

Read more books.

Read to learn. Read to relax. Read to escape. Read to challenge your thinking. Read to connect with history.

Who you become tomorrow starts with what you read today.

Your anxiety is excitement with no where to go.
Give it a purpose.

Multi-passionate people don’t need to write about one thing forever. They need to write about what persists. Your interests will rotate. That’s normal. That’s brilliant. It’s the seed of your future genius.

Write from what stays the same: Your way of thinking, living, & earning.

Intelligence isn't what you know; it's how many of your own problems you can solve.

Too many people are stuck because they over-consume and under-create.

Truly creative people don't just want a creative outlet.
They need one. The way a lung needs air.

The people I respect most don't just read philosophy. They live it.

Anyone can recite Aristotle. Few can sit with a hard decision the way he'd want them to.

Overthinking is what thoughts do when they have nowhere to go.

If you've made any money from your creative work, even a single dollar, you've done the hard part.

Being multi-passionate isn’t a problem if you learn how to learn (fast).

Life is short, but long enough to master writing, storytelling, drawing, psychology, and engineering without sacrificing time with your parents.

Learn to acquire skills quickly and curiosity stops being a distraction and becomes your advantage.