Christina
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Christina
I think there’s a certain kind of clichéd version of memento mori in the culture that says that life is very short, so you’ve therefore got to cram every minute of every day with being as impressive or unusual or generally high-octane as you possibly can.
And I don’t think that’s the point. I think the point is that when you really begin to let it p... See more
And I don’t think that’s the point. I think the point is that when you really begin to let it p... See more
Opinion | Burned Out? Start Here.
I invite you now to consider a new definition: success in life means living by your values.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
It’s not that Irish people have more historical trauma to mine, she said, or that Americans love Irish shit. It’s that her civilization believes art matters — and funds it accordingly, as part of public infrastructure. They believe art makes life navigable. Its actual value is beyond measure, and like a lot of invaluable things, its survival hinges... See more
This is How We Fall Out of Love with the World
The three basic steps of expansion are: observe your feelings, breathe into them, and allow them to come and go.
Russ Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 & 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙜𝙜𝙡𝙚𝙨
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“And Suits offers the following definition of what it is to play a game. He says, “To play a game is to voluntarily take on unnecessary obstacles for the sake of making possible the activity of overcoming them.” …
And the way I think of [games] sometimes, after S
... See moreThe good life, it appeared, was still within reach, even when happiness and meaning weren’t.
To make the conceptual space of the well-lived life more inclusive, Oishi proposed the dimension of psychological richness . Characterized by a variety of novel, complex, and perspective-changing experiences (that weren’t necessarily happy or meaningful), t... See more
To make the conceptual space of the well-lived life more inclusive, Oishi proposed the dimension of psychological richness . Characterized by a variety of novel, complex, and perspective-changing experiences (that weren’t necessarily happy or meaningful), t... See more
How to Live a Psychologically Rich Life
The other meaning of happiness is ‘a rich, full and meaningful life’. When we take action on the things that truly matter deep in our hearts, when we move in directions that we consider valuable and worthy, when we clarify what we stand for in life and act accordingly, then our lives become rich and full and meaningful, and we experience a powerful
... See moreRuss Harris • The Happiness Trap: Stop Struggling, Start Living
Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet.
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
‘Connection’ means being fully aware of your here-and-now experience and being interested, open and receptive to that experience. In practising connection, we pull ourselves out of the past or the future and bring ourselves back to this moment, right here, right now, with openness, receptiveness and interest.