Alex Glass

Where am I going with design? That's a hard question because none of us has the ability to understand our path until it's over.

The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more

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I think a lot about the fluctuations of belief—the inevitable up and downs of maintaining engagement with something over long periods of time. Most people seem to think that love is unchanging versus merely enduring, that if you’re really passionate about something you wake up excited to do it every day. I don’t believe that’s true. In fact, it... See more

The antidote to overthinking isn't thinking less. It's rethinking more.Overthinking is ruminating on old ideas without a new lens. It narrows your focus and wears you out.Rethinking is revisiting the same issue from a different perspective. It broadens and sharpens your view.