Alex Glass
@aglass
Alex Glass
we are simply incapable of imagining ourselves on the other side of a profound change, because the present self doing the imagining is the very self that needs to have died in order for the future self being imagined to emerge.
This is why the profoundest changes tend to happen not willed but spawned by fertile despair — the surrender at the rock
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Introverts dream life:
- one loyal friend
- one loyal partner
- pets
- a house near the woods
- a library with a fireplace
- making a living doing what they... See more
Karun Palsubstack.com
We’re made so uneasy by the experience of allowing reality to unfold at its own speed that when we’re faced with a problem, it feels better to race toward a resolution—any resolution, really, so long as we can tell ourselves we’re “dealing with” the situation, thereby maintaining the feeling of being in control. So we snap at our partners, rather... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Discovery consists of seeing what everyone has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.