30 on 30

Exploring the meaning of life when turning 30

To live only for some future goal is shallow. It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow." Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Questions are the answers you might need

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”

RUMI

How To Become More Intelligent (According to Einstein)

Growing up, I thought making $100,000 a year made someone rich. When I made that amount for the first time at 27, I felt like I had more than I could ever need. Yet I opted into an identity that didn’t accept such complacency. Everyone around me was always moving forward towards the next achievement.

Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

⁠The way you choose to suffer is uniquely yours: “The fact that I’m me and no one else is one of my greatest assets… emotional hurt is the price a person has to pay in order to be independent” – Haruki Murakami

Die With Zero

Bill Perkins

Unfortunately, in real life you rarely get an exact date for when you will no longer be able to do something—these things just seem to fade away. And until they’re gone...

Nico Walker • Daily Review | Readwise

This is the game we play: The only thing you really know is what you can put into words.

– Alan Watts

Dense discovery newsletter

“‘As you step into your 30s, let me share a piece of advice: this decade is your time for true reflection. You’ll face the outcomes of choices you made when you were younger, affecting everything from your relationships and career to friendships.” -Ali Abdal newsletter

“You have to be willing to be nobody to have a chance to be who you want to be.”

How To Become More Intelligent (According to Einstein)

Paul Millerd • The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life

Nico Walker • Daily Review | Readwise

Anu Atluru • Status Limbo | Theory No. 27