Glad to be riding along on your substack journey. I’ve been banging away for three years now — and still feel like I’m chasing rabbits. But it’s a blast.
Re: your initial post. Meriwether Lewis “Birthday Meditation” vibes: “This day I completed my thirty first year, and conceived that I had in all human probability now existed about half the period which I am to remain in this Sublunary world. I reflected that I had as yet done but little, very little indeed, to further the hapiness of the human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation. I viewed with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence, and now soarly feel the want of that information which those hours would have given me had they been judiciously expended…”
I’m a fan of the Spotify playlist at the end - a lovely touch. Great stuff!
Thank you! Appreciate the feedback, Ben.
Glad to be riding along on your substack journey. I’ve been banging away for three years now — and still feel like I’m chasing rabbits. But it’s a blast.
Re: your initial post. Meriwether Lewis “Birthday Meditation” vibes: “This day I completed my thirty first year, and conceived that I had in all human probability now existed about half the period which I am to remain in this Sublunary world. I reflected that I had as yet done but little, very little indeed, to further the hapiness of the human race, or to advance the information of the succeeding generation. I viewed with regret the many hours I have spent in indolence, and now soarly feel the want of that information which those hours would have given me had they been judiciously expended…”
I just read the rest of it, and I resonate with the second half too. I need to read through some of the expedition journals.
If you haven’t read it, “Undaunted Courage” is terrific, too: https://www.amazon.com/Undaunted-Courage-Meriwether-Jefferson-American/dp/0684826976?dplnkId=f90934b2-8b8b-431a-b787-657b451c1177&nodl=1