A Good Life
what does it mean to live a good life?
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A Good Life
Digital Minimalism: A philosophy of technology use in which you focus your online time on a small number of carefully selected and optimized activities that strongly support things you value, and then happily miss out on everything else.
Cal Newport • Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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Like human happiness, teenage happiness does not flourish when everyone has the freedom to live just as they please. Where there is neither order nor necessity in life—no constraints, no inhibitions, no discomfort—life becomes both relaxing and boring, as American philosopher Allan Bloom notes. A soft imprisonment.
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“I’m looking for a practice and a journey, not a quick hit.” - Seth Godin
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What I'm learning is that it is important to be decisive and go after what you want, but at the same time let go of wanting things to work out a certain way.
Some might describe this as not being attached to outcomes. I call this the willingness to let life surprise me, or the willingness to live in a world of 'maybe'.
Some might describe this as not being attached to outcomes. I call this the willingness to let life surprise me, or the willingness to live in a world of 'maybe'.
Julian Wong • Forever lessons
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“Have urgency but don’t rush”
a huge part of creating the life you want is crossing your personal boundaries of cringe and breaking the walls of embarrassment that limit your choices
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many of us traded in a good life for an efficient life. we must acknowledge the pendulum has swung too far towards efficiency.
Geoff Lewis • Special Edition of Temp Check: Recorded Live @websummit Nov 2, 2021
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