You’re officially the last person to read that post on Godin, by the way, as I thought I’d deleted it ages ago. (Had to remove it for slightly complicated reasons, which have nothing to do with him!)

I find myself twitching.

I want to tell you how I found your blog. I googled “is Seth Godin full” and the autofill feature suggested “is Seth Godin full of crap”–your blog post from December 2011 is the first thing that popped up in the results. I proceeded to read it, hand clamped over mouth, shaking with silent laughter, as my infant daughter was sleeping next to me. You gave someone great amusement at 3 a.m., and I thought you should know that!

My one suggestion, perhaps, is to learn to have a good few days. If I’d received that advice even a couple of years ago, I’d have thought it insufficient and bland. But you learn so much about yourself when you really make an effort to have a good few days. Somehow when you’ve had a few days without being unsatisfied with what is directly in front of you, with the mediocrity of the people around you or whatever might trouble your thoughts, your “historical necessity” or “cosmic purpose” can seem far less urgent.

I find that when I haven’t spent two days worrying about the infuriating situation directly there in my life, or when I haven’t had a week or month of feeling overwhelmed by petty responsibilities, I am far less likely to care if anyone remembers me in ten years.