In praise of blowing up your life
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In praise of blowing up your life
While having a vision and a path and ideals can certainly be helpful, we don’t need to let them limit us. When we understand that we’re playing for the experiences we most want, we want to be willing to destroy the path or the vision or the picture in our mind if it becomes a limitation. We want to challenge our preconceived ideas of how things are
... See moreTripp Lanier • This Book Will Make You Dangerous: The Irreverent Guide For Men Who Refuse to Settle
Question on rejecting the status quo:
Is it time you start living outside the box?
There's a passage from Nassim Taleb's The Bed of Procrustes that hit me hard:
"They are born, then put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called 'work' in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the
... See moreThe reason this is so liberating, for anyone with even a hint of perfectionism, is that it means you get to give up on the exhausting struggle to take charge of your life, so as to steer it in a new direction. You get to abandon all hope of one day finding the perfect time management system– or perfect relationship, job, neighborhood, etcetera– and
... See moreOliver Burkeman • There's No Such Thing as a Fresh Start
