favourite questions
what questions guide your life?
favourite questions
How do I get comfortable with discomfort? How do I coax my risk averse nature to take a leap of faith?
how can I learn to focus, pay attention to what I am paying attention to ?
A first step is to entertain possible selves:29 identify some people you admire within or outside your field, and observe what they actually do at work day by day. A second step is to develop hypotheses about how these paths might align with your own interests, skills, and values. A third step is to test out the different identities by running
... See moreAdam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
A writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didn’t have the tools, I didn’t have the maturity, I didn’t have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent,... See more
Nix 🕊 • things that take time
Years may pass before you feel like you’re onto something, and this process will likely involve plugging your ears to the siren song of trends until you realize you actually have the same sensibility you had as a kid, it’s just grown up now. I like the word sensibility, I’ve started using it instead of taste when I’m trying to tap into something... See more
#197: What is "personal style"?
the art of writing
sublime.app
moments of silence, vaccum, being idle - in this overstimulated world
(7) How do we reconcile ambition and the desire to do great work with motherhood?