squarepizza

> Even seemingly mundane things like taking out the garbage can be done with virtue in mind.

Poet Jane Hirshfield, reflecting on her time at a monastery that ritualized waking up at ~0300 by splashing freezing water on one's face, said that her training was reducible to being more mindful when doing the dishes.

Being in Band, one learns Music; being in a band, one learns music. The attrition rate of band students in extracurricular or post-high-school musical endeavors is a bit disappointing. It is similar to the kids forced through piano lessons who quit whenever they have a chance.

> while spending as much time as possible in-person and online with adults who worked in tech and would mentor me, working on side projects

Sounds like quite a privilege.