I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously... See more
One of the most valuable mental heuristics i’ve adopted for my life is:
“what you have is what you deserve”
This doesn’t mean you don’t have the potential to become the type of person who “deserves better”. You do. Probably 10X or even 100x so.
But you, as you... See more
"I understand there's a guy inside me who wants to lay in bed, smoke weed all day, and watch cartoons and old movies. My whole life is a series of stratagems to avoid, and outwit, that guy.”
— Anthony Bourdain