True creatives want their ideas to constantly be challenged - Paul Millerd

most interesting work simply doesn't pay well

if your starting assumption is that you can do interesting /creative work, and make great money and life a comfortable life, you probably just wont end up doing all that much that is interesting

that most people, including myself, have a deep desire to work on things that matter to them and bring forth what is inside them.

Any beliefs I had about being a parent before becoming a parent were just shitty hypotheses