Anxiety Coffee Procrastination Break
Imagine waking up and feeling curious about what the day might bring. Imagine feeling that subtle excitement about getting to know yourself more. Imagine feeling drawn toward your own routines, your habits, your interests, the way you’d be drawn toward someone who excites you. Imagine treating your life like it has hidden layers, little secrets,... See more
Gabrielle Dubois Meloff • How to flirt with your life
- When you resist fear: It becomes chronic anxiety. You spin in worst-case scenarios, freeze when it’s time to act, and overthink every move.
- When you resist sadness: It becomes angst and numbness. You get stuck, stop trusting yourself, and lose touch with what matters.
- When you resist anger: It becomes self-criticism, passive aggression, or
Lesson 3: Your “negative” emotions aren’t what you think they are
Most of our self–doubt comes from comparing our messy inner world to everyone else’s polished exterior.
You know your whole chaotic inner life.
You only see everyone else’s edit.
So if you sometimes worry you’re a fraud, that isn’t proof you’re fake.
It’s proof you’re honest enough to notice the gap.
I am not telling you to make the world better. I’m just telling you to live in it.
Not just to endure it, not just to suffer it, not just to pass through it, but to live in it.
To look at it. To try to get the picture. To live recklessly. To take chances. To make your own work and take pride in it. To seize the moment.
Joan Didion
You don't have ideas because you don't read.
You can't articulate ideas because you don't write.
You can't leverage ideas because you don't build.
You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.
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