Superduper Serial -

The world doesn't need more people who are kind of interested. It needs people who are superduper serial about kindness. About justice. About art. About showing up.

To be superduper serial is to burn the ships on the shore. It is to say, "I am not keeping a backup plan. I am not keeping one foot out the door. I am here." superduper serial

I’m not joking. I’m not being meta. There is no punchline. The world doesn't need more people who are

Marriage is serial. Raising children is serial. Building a business or a body of work is serial. It’s not one loud declaration; it is the quiet, grinding consistency of a thousand small choices. About art

You remember it. The moment a pinky swear wasn’t enough. The moment you looked your best friend in the eye, dropped the facade, and said, “No, I’m superduper serial.” It was a grammatical car crash—an adverb smashing into a misspelling of “serious”—but we all knew what it meant.

"Fine" is the enemy of the superduper serial. "Fine" is lukewarm water. "Fine" is the safety of the gray zone. The serial person doesn't do "fine." The serial person is passionate or devastated, all-in or broken, inspired or exhausted.

Because the moment you go "superduper serial," you are vulnerable. You cannot hide behind the hedge of "just kidding." If you fail at something you genuinely cared about, you can't claim you were being sarcastic. If you profess love and it isn't returned, you can't laugh it off as a prank.