How do we fit in? How do we set ourselves apart? What does that even mean? All these questions, I hate it.

“What is it with men and The Godfather?” A good question, but an even better one is what is our obsession with You’ve Got Mail? Or building on top of that, what makes us come back over and over to a story, whatever form it takes? How does anything build a dedicated audience?

If your brain works like mine, there’s a peak and then a plummet when I pursue information and education—I start to feel overwhelmed, and ultimately discouraged that I’ll never become a master of anything. Here’s how to mitigate the plummet.

In grad school, I learned about a very interesting concept called “saturation.” I’ve thought about it a lot since, and how it applies to me in life, specifically as a freelancer. Allow me to explain.