![[Pasted image 20251111134601.png]] *November 11th, 2025* # The Subtle Art of Connecting Everyone is *busy*. Everyone is *struggling*. ... **No one's around to help.** ... But really, do you need that help? I mean sure, if you're refrigerator is broken or your internet is out, there are people you can hire or call to get support. You could always turn to social media or AI to get an answer to your question. Actually, there are so many free resources out there and with over 8 billion people in the world, I'm sure someone has run into a similar issue and complained (or solved) the issue. ![[Pasted image 20251111142110.png]] # Maybe you don't actually need help? Now, I'm also not trying to gaslight anyone, but hear me out... What if you need the struggle? Just like any evolutionary process, you need to have some pain and discomfort to get out of the spot you're currently in and grow. I know that I'm currently in that phase of understanding that help isn't going to come and solve all of your problems, but maybe bashing my head into a wall will eventually break something. What I'm getting at here is more-so an inspirational nudge to drink a little bit of poison each day[^1] to build an immunity. ![[Screenshot 2023-10-18 122855.png]] # Believe you can surprise yourself Shout out to all my #tech-elevator friends that would sit and listen to [this song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yD2FSwTy2lw) while working on projects, showing me that though they couldn't help, they could be there for me while I solved my issues with Java. ![[Pasted image 20251111135200.png|256]] #chatgpt [^1]: Don't literally drink poison.