Being human

he thing about low-energy habits is that they aren’t about changing yourself. they’re about meeting yourself where you are—in your tiredness, your messiness, your in-between moments—and making them just a little softer. because maybe, self-care isn’t about fixing anything. maybe it’s just about making life feel a little more like yours.

The term ‘the commons’ has been increasingly used to refer not just to “things” or “assets” (as Silke Helfrich puts its) but more broadly to the “social practices of commoning, acting together, based on principles of sharing, stewarding and producing in common” .

These questions are inverted. I don’t play in order to hit the goals; I set goals so I can play.

remind me that I’ll never build a habit that I only squeeze into my “leftover time.”

"serendipity engine" - consistently creating moments of potential connection and designing a cadence of connection in your life that can lead to unexpected, deeper connections if you're open to them.

to eschew expediency in favor of the scenic route

Satisfaction does not come from money, rewards, status or praise; it comes from impressing yourself. Mistaking the former for the latter is a source of enormous misery.

Your hand’s skill can never surpass your eye’s taste. The world will try to turn your tastes average, so to sharpen your eye, choose to spend your time in communities of outlier tastes