A Good Life
what does it mean to live a good life?
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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
Do something that won’t compute. Following this maxim may mean I will soon become obsolete, outpaced by those who calculate their utils and control their time and carefully calibrate their existence. But I’ve grown contented with that fate. I wish to live and die as I am: wholly, honestly, and messily; constantly awed by life’s imperfection; wastin... See more
Ashley Zhang • Do Something That Won’t Compute
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
Our tendency to try to escape from the universe to find a nirvana that’s sort of quiet and peaceful and apart from all this hullabaloo is undermined completely by the realization of the nature of reality. You realize that the wisdom of the nature of reality leads you into compassion for the beings who are here, and the little bit of bliss that you ... See more
Nirvana and Samsara Are the Same Thing - Sounds True
Wendell Berry’s formula for a good life and a good community is simple and pleasingly unoriginal. Slow down. Pay attention. Do good work. Love your neighbours. Love your place. Stay in your place. Settle for less, enjoy it more.
Wendell Berry • The World-Ending Fire: The Essential Wendell Berry
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
“Have urgency but don’t rush”
