Agency

Ideas around agency, aka the sense of control that you feel in your life + your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior

unoptimal and

literally just do things

Erifili Gounari erifili.substack.com

Stuart Evans

It has become hard to be intentional about the future — to imagine and shape the worlds we want to live in — because the modern state rarely assumes any role in doing that or in encouraging us to do it either.

Substack • Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism

Stuart Evans

Nobody wakes up feeling great and ready to get after it every day. The work is accepting your feelings and taking them along for the ride. It requires equal parts grace and grit, self-discipline and self-compassion. Keep showing up.

Brad Stulberg twitter.com

Supritha S

Because I don't want to be a monk. I don't want to go live in a cabin. I'm not gonna swear off Netflix or podcasts or whatever. I like this stuff. It's just a problem of excess and moderation, and I'm trying to figure out how to live my life in a way that is more deliberate, and less passive. I don’t want to just follow compulsive desire, which is... See more

J.E. Petersen • Uncomfortable on Purpose

sari

Cultivating Agency

Nadia Asparouhova nadia.xyz

nibras

There’s No Speed Limit

Derek Sivers sive.rs

unoptimal

Things you can say to people in ten seconds that sometimes produce insanely outsized effects: 1. Yeah, someone *should* do that. Why not you? 2. Is there something you could do about that problem in the next five minutes?

Chana x.com

MMark Fishman

Questions for taking agency

there’s no character trait more essential to individual and societal progress than agency. Agency is the embodied conviction that you have the power to create meaningful change in your life and transform your vision into reality. It’s the engine that powers human progress.

Cissy Hu • Grappling with the big questions

Stuart Evans

5 Reasons People Keep Taking Advantage Of You

taylorpearson.me

Stuart Evans