i thought about grabbing just "bolt" as my url on here but i feel like that will only invite further comparisons to the 2008 animated john travolta comedy


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in reply to @boltgsr's post:

You deserve stability and comfort. As you said, nothing is stopping you from going out and experiencing things, and since you clearly desire to do so, you're not a bad person for choosing an otherwise quiet life.

i get it. i work for a big corporation, i don't often get to exercise my creativity to its extent when i am at work, but it affords me a ton of security and stability that i haven't always had. it's sometimes hard not to feel guilty, but ultimately i am better able to look out for my friends while i do have this stable life.

I suspect it would be very difficult to do consistent creative work without stability. It might not make your life more immediately exciting, but it'll probably put you into a nice position to sit down and focus on making things. Not every moment must be Expanding Your Mind for art, especially not the ones you have when you're getting up in the morning in a comfortable bed and making a cup of tea. Plus, easy access to all that cool stuff in town! That's leagues better than most suburbia.

I don't think you're selling your soul by moving into a place you will enjoy living in

Put another way: the things that make art richer (living a rich life with varied people in it) aren't impeded given the easy access to everything else, and the environment for making art (the ability to consistently put in time and energy into making and refining it) aren't impeded either. Nor is moving into dense housing like a condo (compared to a single family home) a Thing That Hurts The World given that dense housing that shares walls also reduces energy costs per person and reducing the amount of wasteful asphalt/lawn involved