Mike "Bagel"
Each of us are already storytellers, but often we’re not the authors of them.
We are storytellers by default—assigning meaning to our experiences according to the cultural and familial scripts we’ve inherited and missing the chance to choose our own beginnings, endings, and adventures in the middle.
No one lacks meaning in their lives.
What many of us
... See morefrom Why You Should Start Living in the Past by Rick Lewis
Making Peace with Food: Embracing the Permission Paradox
Summary:
Making peace with food involves understanding that all foods fit, including Oreos.The fear of never being able to stop eating when given permission to eat anything is often a result of past deprivation. Embracing the permission paradox allows individuals to truly evaluate their desire
... See morefrom The Anti-Diet | Evelyn Tribole by Ten Percent Happier with Dan Harris
- “A lot of writing consists of waiting around for the aquarium to settle so you can see the fish. Walking around muttering seems to hasten the process. Taking public transportation nowhere helps. Looking out the bus window lets the back of your mind move forward. Don’t listen to anything but natural sound. Don’t look at anything you have to turn on.... See more
from The North Shore by Austin Kleon
from Reader
PRINCIPLE #2: WORK AT A NATURAL PACE Don’t rush your most important work. Allow it instead to unfold along a sustainable timeline, with variations in intensity, in settings conducive to brilliance.
from Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport
So are there any health downsides to shrimp? A few. Frozen shrimp may contain preservatives like sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium bisulfite, which people with sulfite or phosphate sensitivities may want to avoid. And farmed shrimp can pose a few issues of their own, depending on their country of origin and the condition of individual farms.
from Is Shrimp Good for You? by Erik Vance
- For me, it became crucial to notice what is in fact "illusory" about the self. It's not an illusion in the sense of being a completely useless, even malignant, deception. It's a complex of narratives, judgments, and strategies that developed to help me maintain some relatively reliable social-emotional standing. It served, and serves, a purpose.
from Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind
