'I'm Too Lazy and Mediocre to Deserve the Life I Want!'
Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it a... See more
Put another way, a major reason everyone is so exhausted is because we have been taught to always strive for better, even if we have only the vaguest notion of what that “better” would look like, and even if it means viewing everything in our world as raw material that could potentially be utilized toward that end. But obedience to something outsid... See more
Kelsey Osgood • Why Your "Digital Shabbat" Will Fail
One of my favorite pieces of modern wisdom ever uttered comes from Jim Carrey:
“I’ve often said that I wish people could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame so that they could see that it’s not where you’re going to find your sense of completion ... No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest. He will tell you that you cannot stop u... See more
Anu Atluru • Pursuits That Can’t Scale
Dostoyevsky suffered a lot in his lifetime, and it turned him into someone who knew how to pray, how to work hard, how to believe, how to spread his wisdom and even his love with his words. I always thought of Dostoyevsky as this bleak, broken Russian dude who hated everything and everyone. I read Crime and Punishment when I was young and I didn’t ... See more
Fwd: 'I'm Too Lazy and Mediocre to Deserve the Life I Want!'
Friend, I hope you can see that what will propel you to thrive has a little to do with your skills and a lot to do with your mind.
I hope you get to know your inner world. I hope you thrive financially while living your values. I hope you focus less on what you achieve and more on who you become. I hope you learn to be kind to yourself. I hope you f... See more
I hope you get to know your inner world. I hope you thrive financially while living your values. I hope you focus less on what you achieve and more on who you become. I hope you learn to be kind to yourself. I hope you f... See more