Archive - The First Thing

After much reflection, The First Thing won’t be returning anytime soon.

Jan 4, 2022 •

Amelia Zimmerman

December 2021

Done > good > perfect.

Dec 22, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

Starting, finishing

Having an idea is different to making it happen, and usually we are better at one or the other.

Dec 21, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

Perhaps life is simply a process of discovery by elimination.

Dec 20, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

The people who get places are the people who are willing to do the same things over, and over, and over again.

Dec 17, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

You contain multitudes: embrace them.

Dec 16, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

Get in the habit imagining worst case scenarios.

Dec 15, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

A time for everything

There is a time to add and a time to subtract.

Dec 14, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

What you see in your mirror is not what others see.

Dec 13, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

Chicken or egg?

My seven-year-old niece is doing a research presentation on chickens.

Dec 6, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

I’m all for doing your best, but life on the other side of perfectionism is the only place you can find true satisfaction.

Dec 3, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

Back to stress for a minute.

Dec 2, 2021 •

Amelia Zimmerman

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