If At First You Don't Succeed, That's

Our Brains Have Just One Scale, And We Resize Our Experiences To Fit.

Once I Got Married, I Started Working From An Office. I Found That Having Somewhere To Go That Isn't My House Is Mentally Helpful: 'this Is The Place Where I Answer Email And Write Blog Posts,' And 'over There Is The Place Where I Do The Dishes.

I Think The Really Cool And Compelling Thing About Math And Physics Is That It Opens Up Entry To All These Hypotheticals - Or At Least, It Gives You The Language To Talk About Them. But At The Same Time, If A Scenario Is Completely Disconnected From Reality, It's Not All That Interesting.

Take Wrong Turns. Talk To Strangers. Open Unmarked Doors. And If You See A Group Of People In A Field, Go Find Out What They Are Doing. Do Things Without Always Knowing How They'll Turn Out. You're Curious And Smart And Bored, And All You See Is The Choice Between Working Hard And Slacking Off. There Are So Many Adventures That You Miss Because You're Waiting To Think Of A Plan. To Find Them, Look For Tiny Interesting Choices. And Remember That You Are Always Making Up The Future As You Go.

Things Are Rarely Just Crazy Enough To Work, But They're Frequently Just Crazy Enough To Fail Hilariously.