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I often think about how in some games, the map starts out as mostly unknowable blank space, but as you putter around, it slowly reveals itself. Sometimes, this serves as a direct visual parallel in life, like how a previously daunting new city could turn into a familiar place where you know every little neighborhood and side street. In the interpersonal realm, strangers become acquaintances, friends, and partners. Even the insurmountable emotions of youth eventually become familiar territory that you can more easily navigate as you get older. It's hard to recognize the unveiling of these proverbial maps in the moment because it happens over the course of years, but regardless of what happens in a given day, you've grown and you've learned - you've explored more of the map. It's a bit lofty, but it helps get me through difficult moments. Maybe it could work for you too.
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spent the last five or so years in a maze of ennui and self-pity, but i have in the last 18 months slowly been clawing my way towards something resembling the life i want to be living.
i can see the end of the tunnel now, but strangely that amplifies my impatience. when things seemed more hopeless it was perversely sort of freeing - i didnât know where i should be going, so i wasnât in a rush. now that i have the full map in my hands i have nothing left to do but drive towards the end. thatâs exactly what i wanted, in a sense, but now i have the burden of actually executing on the promises i made to myself - turns out thatâs harder than making the promises in the first place! who knew
Mar 3, 2025
i think settling into your life is a feeling that creeps up on you. as someone who struggles with being present, i need to constantly practise gratitude or even my dream life kinda passes me by. i think it's human nature to be constantly looking for the next best thing, but it takes a lot of awareness to realize you've already made it on so many facets. thinking about my younger self and the pride they'd feel looking at present me is grounding and brings me lots of perspective.
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one day a therapist told me that when you « work on yourself », itÂŽs like progressing with onions layers. itâs so simple but it sticked with me and helped a lot when I didnât feel a lot of progress and got frustrated somehow. it reminds you also that you never know everything about yourself or the human nature and thatâs ok, itâs a process and it needs time to reach deeper and deeper layers
wish you the best in your journey đž
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Here it is, folks! Volume I of what could very well be a continuous project. Thank you so much to everyone that submitted - I smiled the entire time I was putting this together. It's best listened to with headphones âșïž
Liner Notes:
This collection of field recordings is a collaborative effort with users of PI.FYI, each of which recorded their own pieces. It features audio from all over the world and exhibits eclectic moments from London Underground commutes to cuckoo bird calls in Dhaka to the sounds of a century-old American diner.
Online communities like PI.FYI often represent a diverse set of people, places, and experiences, but together, the submissions form a living collage that highlights the commonalities of modern life - a unifying message for such a tumultuous time. The first track features all of the sounds played at once in an attempt to create an audio snapshot of an online community but in their offline lives.
The individual recordings are unedited except for minor gain and compression adjustments for consistency across the collection.
Mar 29, 2025
