“You don't realize what a strain it is on the nerves to write or think-of-writing all day long, and to sleep full of nervous dreams, and to wake up not knowing who one is: this all stems from anxiety about finishing the book, about time 'growing short', etc., and the perpetual strain of invention.” ThinkingWritingLongBookDreamRealizingSleepKnowingGrowingAnxietyWake UpInventionNervousEtcNervesPerpetualNot KnowingStemStrainFinishing Book:Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954 Source: Windblown World: The Journals of Jack Kerouac, 1947-1954
“So here you are, in your twenties, thinking that you'll have another 40 years to go. Four decades in which to live long and prosper.Bad news. Read the papers. There are people dropping dead when they're 50, 40, 30 years old. Or quite possibly just after finishing their convocation. They would be very disappointed that they didn't meet their life expectancy.I'm here to tell you this. Forget about your life expectancy.” PeopleThinkingYearsLongWould BeForgetFourPaperNewsTwentiesDecadesDisappointedPapersDroppingFinishingBad NewsExpectancyLife ExpectancyConvocation Author:Adrian Tan