A Good Life
- My definition of “Life’s Work:” “A lifelong quest to build something for others that expresses who you are” -via Patrick O’Shaughnessy
sari added 1y ago
- Nothing that is worth doing can be achieved in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing which is true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history. Reinhold Niebuhr
Sonya Sukalski added 1y ago
- “I’m looking for a practice and a journey, not a quick hit.” - Seth Godin
Alara added 1y ago
The “5 salaries” idea: jobs pay you financially, educationally, psychologically, socially, and in freedom.
juliana ong added 5mo ago
- There are people that talk about things they love and people that talk about things they hate.
Andy Claremont added 6mo ago
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b
... See moreAndy Claremont added 4mo ago
On finding your second wind:
“Sooner or later, however, a writer (or at least a writer of my type) finds himself at a crossroads: he has exhausted his initial experience of the world and the ways of expressing it and he must decide how to proceed from there.
He can, of course, seek ever more brilliant ways of saying the things he has already sa
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- From The Unbearable Lightness of Being: “The heaviest of burdens crushes us, we sink beneath it, it pins us to the ground. But … the heavier the burden, the closer our lives come to the earth, the more real and truthful they become. Conversely, the absolute absence of a burden causes a man to be lighter than air, to soar into the heights, take ... See more
alex added 1y ago
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
sari added 1y ago
10 Signs you're doing well in life
You have a roof over your head.
You ate today.
You have a good heart.
You wish good for others.
You have clean water.
Someone cares for you.
You strive to be better.
You have clean clothes.
You have a dream.
You're breathing.
Alara added 1y ago