What do you do to be involved in the community?

https://kddotpage.wordpress.com/2026/04/04/how-would-you-improve-your-community/

Long story short, I am spreading wisdom that life has taught me the hard way: life is a journey of tests that the divine prepares you for, so you can be the best version of yourself ✅. Some take them comfortably to see if we get used to living easily and probably “punished if so. Some take the tests “painfully” to see if they will complain constantly without effort and fail or actually do good and probably will be rewarded 🤷🏼‍♂️

In my opinion, the divine is called the Greater Mind for a reason: the divine wants us to use our analytical minds wisely and healthily, not just surrender to temptation and people.

Tbc♥️♥️♥️

“Always know that real progress is often invisible, boring, repetitive.” - Futurist Jim Carroll

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Futurist Jim Carroll is writing a series, The Art of the Infinite Pivot, based on 36 lessons from his 36 years as a solo entrepreneur, working as a nomadic worker in the global freelance economy. The series is unfolding here, and at pivot.jimcarroll.com.
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Your success will often not involve huge home runs that have you cheering with joy. It will come about through small bunts, working the bases, advancing slowly but surely towards a goal, and muttering about the pace.

Treat your progress as such.

Right now, this can be a challenge. After all, we live in a "highlight reel" culture. We see the successful keynote, the published book, or the smooth career pivot and assume that it all happened in a flash of inspiration. But in my 36-year voyage, I’ve learned that the most profound breakthroughs and the biggest wins are rarely the result of a sudden lightning bolt. They are the result of the quiet, daily discipline of showing up when it feels like nothing is changing. Playing the clubs. Putting in the work. Advancing slowly but steadily.

I did a lot of small events in rural America and small towns in Canada before I hit the big stages of Las Vegas. It was often boringly dull, excruciatingly tiring, and sometimes, with a detached audience, not terribly motivating. But through that, I learned that success is often built on "invisible progress." The small steps that get you closer to a big goal.

For me, success and learning are about the hundredth hour spent in the lab struggling with a Linux configuration.

It’s the years of writing a Daily Inspiration post without missing a single workday.

It’s the repetitive act of studying a disruptive trend long before the world notices it.

It was spending time on stages that sometimes I did not want to be on.

Most people quit during this "boring" phase. They mistake the lack of immediate feedback for a lack of progress. They want the dopamine hit of a "win" every day. But as a practitioner, you have to realize that you are building up your skills, capabilities, and knowledge.

The amateur waits for the quick hit.

The master relies on patience and effort.

Success isn't a sprint; it’s the compound interest of your daily discipline.

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Futurist Jim Carroll has put in the work. He still does. Every day.

**#Progress** **#Invisible** **#Boring** **#Repetitive** **#Patience** **#Discipline** **#Daily** **#ShowingUp** **#Consistency** **#Compound** **#Effort** **#Foundation** **#Quiet** **#SmallSteps** **#Work** **#Freelance** **#Lessons** **#Mastery** **#Persistence** **#Grind** **#Building** **#Success** **#Highlights** **#Bunts** **#Onwards**

Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2026/04/decoding-tomorrow-the-infinite-pivot-series-24-always-know-that-real-progress-is-often-invisible-boring-repetitive/

I hate fatalism I hate fatalism aaaaaaaaaa

https://hexbear.net/post/8367694

The ceiling of things, or: What holds

A Sijo

Sijo?

A Korean verse form related to haiku and tanka and comprised of three lines of 14-16 syllables each, for a total of 44-46 syllables. Each line contains a pause near the middle, similar to a caesura, though the break need not be metrical. The first half of the line contains six to nine syllables; the second half should contain no fewer than five. Originally intended as songs, sijo can treat romantic, metaphysical, or spiritual themes. Whatever the subject, the first line introduces an idea or story, the second supplies a “turn,” and the third provides closure. Modern sijo are sometimes printed in six lines.

Let’s write poetry together!

When it comes to partnership, some humans can make their lives alone – it’s possible. But creatively, it’s more like painting: you can’t just use the same colours in every painting. It’s just not an option. You can’t take the same photograph every time and live with art forms with no differences.

Would you like to create poetry with me and have a completed poem of yours featured here at the Skeptic’s Kaddish? I am very excited to have launched the ‘Poetry Partners’ initiative and am looking forward to meeting and creating with you… Check it out!