Anna Schmunk
@annaschmunk
Anna Schmunk
i keep thinking about these rituals of famous creative women, from @Moonkissed Edit ★
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The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. —John Ruskin
Define Your Way of Life
"But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
This is my favorite insight from the letter: Identify how you want to live, not what you want to achieve.
So often people focus all their energy on the summits—but
... See moreGardening offers an endless supply of these kinds of "neutralizers for perfectionism," as Lamp'l called them. He confessed to being a perfectionist himself and knows firsthand that "pursuit of perfection is a waste of time—especially in the garden. So don't bother!"