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So here’s to the real amateurs. The Sunday painters. The garage bands. The sourdough burners. The sticky-fingered hinge-fixers.

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But I’ve been thinking about the real amateur. The original meaning. So here’s to the real amateurs

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That’s amateur energy.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t strive or grow. But somewhere along the way, we forgot that it’s okay to be a beginner forever. To pick up a guitar at 40. To try watercolors even if you can’t draw a straight line. To write a blog post that isn’t SEO-optimized or sponsored.