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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 26m

We are quick to spot hypocrisy in others because their contradictions are visible. Ours come with explanations.

Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Most people are not thinking about you nearly as much as you think they are. They are too busy wondering what you think about them.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You usually already know what to do. The habit that needs to go, the relationship that has run its course, the job that slowly drains you. Knowing was never the problem. It just doesn’t hurt enough yet to make a change.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Worry and creativity drink from the same well of imagination. One imagines futures you fear, the other imagines futures you want to create.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Most regret is unfair. We compare the road we took with an imaginary version of the road we didn't, where everything conveniently worked out.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

We keep painting the leaves green while the roots are dying. Quick fixes are attractive because they let us avoid the place where the problem actually lives.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Your mind can produce a thought without your permission. That should make you question why you obey every thought it produces.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The moment you become completely certain you know what reality is, curiosity begins to die.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Every great idea that changes something looks strange before it looks obvious.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Most of us care what other people think. Confidence isn’t about caring less. It’s about doing what matters to you, even when you’re worried what they’ll think.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Comfort is strange. The longer you stay inside it, the harder it becomes to tell whether you are safe or stuck.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Some people were hard on you because they cared. Then they were gone, and you found out you hadn't lost criticism. You'd lost the one person who cared enough to tell you what you didn't want to hear.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

We do not lose imagination when we grow older. We bury it under responsibility, self consciousness and the fear of looking ridiculous.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You are shouting from floor 3,282 to someone standing on floor 5. Neither floor is wrong. They are just too far apart for the message to survive the trip.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Starting something new is like moving to a country you've never lived in. You figure out the terrain as you walk it. The only way to understand it is to be in it.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Death may be less like an ending and more like a book going back on the shelf.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

They broke your trust. But it was rarely because you weren't enough.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Would you want to be your own friend? Your own partner? Your own parent? Answer honestly before complaining about who's around you.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Talking about your goals gives you the feeling of having started. That feeling is the thing that stops you.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A genius that can't be translated is indistinguishable from nonsense.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

What comes easily gets valued lightly. Not because it’s worth less, but because you never had to carry it.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If all you consume is shallow content, you'll feel full but never nourished.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

We built tools to connect everyone, then stopped learning our neighbors' names.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We never beat the lion. We survived by outsmarting it. Worth remembering now that we’re building something that will outthink us.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Every platform has a layer of creators who teach you how to make content. Their best students grow up to teach people how to make content. Eventually, a lot of content becomes content about making content.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Getting lost in the details, distracted by the insignificant, may be the purpose itself. If we are one consciousness split into countless fragments, then no perspective is too small to be worth having.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A rocket off course by a fraction can miss its target entirely. Small corrections early prevent desperate ones later.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

You rarely recognize the last time while it's happening. The last hug. The last night under one roof. Life doesn't announce endings, and maybe that's mercy.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

When people boycott a company for using AI, the intention is to punish the choice and slow it down. But lost revenue means cuts, and companies cut their most expensive line first: people, not software. The protest meant to protect jobs ends up making the case for replacing them.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Underestimate someone and they'll read it as ignorance and remember it. Overestimate them and they'll try to live up to it.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Imagine an archaeologist, thousands of years from now, brushing the dust (data) from what remains of you. They will only have what you left behind, and from those fragments, they will piece together a story of who you were. Live in such a way that the story is one of wonder.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

You don't get the results and then become the person. You become the person and the results follow.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Once you understand how quickly you are forgotten, you'll stop waiting for their approval.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A cheat day won't ruin your health if you balance it out later. Perfection was never the requirement. Direction is.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It is hard to sacrifice immediate pleasure for your future self, even when it's clearly the best option. Every meaningful life is built on winning that exact argument, daily.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

When you're into something specific, suddenly the whole world seems into it too. That's your filter, not a coincidence.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When a belief is shared by everyone around you, it stops feeling like a belief.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The length of a life says nothing about its contribution. Every one of them, however brief, is a perspective our collective understanding has never held before.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

You tell yourself you’ll remember the idea. But if you don’t write it down, it starts to fade. Capture ideas when they appear. Their sharpest version may only exist for a moment.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Since when is it cringe to be excited about something?

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Your thoughts are highly contagious to your reality.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The value of something depends on how and where it's presented, not what it truly is.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Taking action and iterating beats endlessly analyzing your options.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Be arrogant in your ambition. When you dream, dream big. But start small.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Your favorite artist did not master their craft without mistakes. Many people never start because they fear creating something imperfect.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

You don't know when a hug becomes a memory. Which is exactly why the ordinary moments you're about to rush through deserve more of you than they're getting.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The weight is not in the lie itself. It is in the time you spend maintaining it.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Misinterpretation is not just possible. It's inevitable.

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Paul Deetman @pauldeetman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Make your internal narrative your greatest cheerleader, not your harshest critic. You'll spend more time with that voice than with any person alive.

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KeokeN Interactive 🐧 @keokeninteractive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

TRANSMISSION LOG Crew: Two Origin: Netherlands Destination: 50.9464° N, 6.9812° E Payload: Deliver Us Home First Moon, then Mars. Now an odyssey home. Next week @koendeetman.bsky.social and @pauldeetman.bsky.social are at Gamescom. Come find us.

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