Brandon Dang
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Brandon Dang
Deep Okayness is not the feeling that I am awesome all the time. Instead, it is the total banishment of self-loathing. It is the deactivation of the part of my mind that used to attack itself. It’s the closure of the self as an attack surface. It’s the intuitive understanding that I am merely one of the apertures through which the universe... See more
Sasha Chapin • How I Attained Persistent Self-Love, or, I Demand Deep Okayness For Everyone
Your Mind Is Being Fracked
open.spotify.comBut then, somehow, it got in.
No. Not got in. That's the wrong way of putting it. Music doesn't get in. Music is already in. Music simply uncovers what is there, makes you feel emotions that you didn't necessarily know you had inside you, and runs around waking them all up. A rebirth of sorts.
There was such a yearning and energy to it. I closed my
... See moreMatt Haig • How to Stop Time
I can’t continue doing a bunch of speedy things but just go a little more slowly. Speed is a pathogen. Live in a speed-laced environment long enough, and before I know it I’m tripping over my own feet and debating a cocaine habit.
Slowness is a result of curating an environment that cultivates slack instead of speed, perpetuates ease instead of... See more
Slowness is a result of curating an environment that cultivates slack instead of speed, perpetuates ease instead of... See more
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If our connections are the biggest indicator of well being, why don’t we treat cultivating them like eating healthily. Just like consuming easy content is empty calories, taking part in easy conversations is the same. The way to have healthier relationships is to have more nourishing conversations
The Professor Banned From Speaking Out: "We Need To Start Preparing Before It's Too Late!” - Dr Bret
youtu.be1:41:00 To prepare for the unknown of the future, focus on nourishing relationships
“If you have an idea you’re excited about and you don’t bring it to life, it’s not uncommon for the idea to find its voice through another maker. This isn’t because the other artist stole your idea, but because the idea’s time has come.”
-Rick Rubin
Of course Schubert might not be the right prescription, and finding the proper dose takes experimentation. Why is it that one Bach suite calms a teenager with severe autism, while another incites him to punch a hole through her cello?