Sandgroper’s Musings

Sandgroper’s Musings

The map is not the geography

Life needs to be experienced. Not explained.

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Chirag
Jul 16, 2025
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When I'm driving in my car / When a man come on the radio
He's telling me more and more / About some useless information
Supposed to fire my imagination

~The Rolling Stones. “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”

Recently, like last week, after spending something like 46 years, 9 months, and 20 days on the planet, I realized I’d been leading my life all wrong.

Apparently there’s a scoreboard that we’re all supposed to be following, and you can then “win” or “lose” at life based on how you’re doing on this scoreboard. And it’s not a very complicated scoreboard. I just need to follow the instructions provided to me by someone, and presto! I start winning!

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A few weeks ago, someone contacted me on LinkedIn with the following message:

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