30 on 30
Exploring the meaning of life when turning 30
30 on 30
#12 Prototyping life shifts
People falsely look at life as all-or-nothing leaps. This is because people tell the story this way and we seek evidence for it. We listen for what we want to hear. Yet if you dig deeper, most people prototype major changes in subtle, slow ways.
People falsely look at life as all-or-nothing leaps. This is because people tell the story this way and we seek evidence for it. We listen for what we want to hear. Yet if you dig deeper, most people prototype major changes in subtle, slow ways.
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#8 Modern Protestant Ethic
The Protestant Work Ethic and its "calling" still has a strong influence on our current relationship to work. Statements like "work is life" and "use your gifts" are clear derivatives of Calvin & Luther
The Protestant Work Ethic and its "calling" still has a strong influence on our current relationship to work. Statements like "work is life" and "use your gifts" are clear derivatives of Calvin & Luther
Paul Millerd • Tweet
This is the game we play: The only thing you really know is what you can put into words.
– Alan Watts
– Alan Watts
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#29 We want to be useful
Most people want to contribute. Even in nomad hubs where people could easily stop working forever, I find most people do things to help others, create, etc.. Realizing this can help you realize how important it is to search for the "real work"
Most people want to contribute. Even in nomad hubs where people could easily stop working forever, I find most people do things to help others, create, etc.. Realizing this can help you realize how important it is to search for the "real work"
Paul Millerd • Tweet
Confucius says you have two lives, and the second one begins when you realize you only have one. When and how did your second life begin?
Tim Ferriss • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
I understand now that no one else in the world knows what I should do. The experts don’t know, the ministers, the therapists, the magazines, the authors, my parents, my friends, they don’t know. Not even the folks who love me the most. Because no one has ever lived or will ever live this life I am attempting to live, with my gifts and challenges
... See moreGlennon Doyle • Untamed
When you look back at the most fruitful moments of your life years from now, you’ll be surprised to discover how many of them unfolded amid a big loss or a crisis or in the face of a giant unknown.