📝 note to self & others ✨ if you trust your own good taste — and identify a kindred spirit, a soul you suspect you'd vibe with — here on this our beloved internet — you really should reach out, say hey — because you're likely right — and why not spark a beautiful friendship?
Try your best to seek out the like-hearted people with whom you feel this connection.
Austin Kleon • Keep Going
Who knows what you might learn from taking a chance on conversation with a stranger? Everyone carries a piece of the puzzle, Nobody comes into your life by mere coincidence. Trust your instincts. Do the unexpected. Find the others... — Timothy Leary

These are your real peers—the people who share your obsessions, the people who share a similar mission to your own, the people with whom you share a mutual respect. There will only be a handful or so of them, but they’re so, so important. Do what you can to nurture your relationships with these people. Sing their praises to the universe. Invite the
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Isabel • how to be cool
My motto is that if I ever meet anyone I think is really cool, I’m going to follow up with them and ask them to meet up again.