101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

It’s likely that you’re between realizing you don’t want what you once did and giving yourself permission to want what you want now.

The fact that it is hard to do everything: It’s hard to be in a relationship, it’s hard not to be in one. It’s hard to have to perform at a job you love and are emotionally invested in, it’s hard not to be living your dreams by a certain age. Everything is hard; it’s just

The feelings you most suppress are the most important ways you guide yourself.

people’s opinions of you are largely projections of how they see themselves

Robert Thayer argues that moods are created by our habitualness: how much we sleep, how frequently we move, what we think, how often we think it, and so on.

Some of the statistically happiest countries in the world are nearly impoverished. Some of the most notable and peaceful individuals to grace the Earth died with only a few cents to their name.

Self-esteem is not how much confidence you have in how well people perceive you, but how much confidence you have in whether or not you can manage your life.

Anxiety builds in our idle hours.

When you start considering things not as obligations but as opportunities, you start taking advantage of them rather than trying to avoid them.