Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully
Kierkegaard said that the greatest hazard of all is losing oneself — dangerous because it occurs so quietly. To be fully ourselves, then, is a thunderous feat. It is to resist the inertia of comfort and conformity and half-lived lives; to engage in the deliberate, demanding act of self-authorship rather than assuming a role that has already been wr... See more
Define Your Way of Life
"But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
This is my favorite insight from the letter: Identify how you want to live, not what you want to achieve.
So often people focus all their energy on the summits—but complet
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how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
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From Strength to Strength: Finding Success, Happiness and Deep Purpose in the Second Half of Life "This book is amazing" - Chris Evans
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If what you care about most of all is that your life have a certain arc, then in travelling along that arc you are moving towards a point at which the arc is complete and your purpose is lost. If you are telling the story of your life, and you hope to avoid the midlife crisis, better not to tell a story of this kind.
In effect, I am urging a philoso
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Key points – How to stop living on auto-pilot
Each person gets to decide what a fulfilling life looks like for them. A type of therapy called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) provides tools for determining what a Life Worth Living means for you, and setting goals to get you there.
Life Worth Living goals can guide your journey toward greater fulfi... See more
Each person gets to decide what a fulfilling life looks like for them. A type of therapy called dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) provides tools for determining what a Life Worth Living means for you, and setting goals to get you there.
Life Worth Living goals can guide your journey toward greater fulfi... See more