Finding my voice
gathering things that help me define a voice, honouring my soul, heart and mind.
Finding my voice
sharing my inner world
As I see it then, the formula runs something like this: a man must choose a path which will let his ABILITIES function at maximum efficiency toward the gratification of his DESIRES. In doing this, he is fulfilling a need (giving himself identity by functioning in a set pattern toward a set goal), he avoids frustrating his potential (choosing a path... See more
Farnam Street • Hunter S. Thompson’s Letter on Finding Your Purpose and Living a Meaningful Life
I used to be a parrot, echoing other people's ideas, opinions, and beliefs, because I wasn’t sure of my own. I thought that by ‘borrowing’ and mimicking, I’d be more likeable, it’d be easier to seem cool, clever, or to belong. Looking back now, it gives me the ick—the amount of shit I nodded along to, gross. I think I was scared of looking stupid,... See more
Zoe Scaman • Forty Years, Forty Lessons
How exhausting it is to deny one’s own nature.
a reminder and an intention.
Your lifestyle is your art. That is how you focus on being and not making.
I prefer floors from chairs, window sills from desks. It's all very symbolic.
An Idea Whose Time Has Come
As a quote attributed to Victor Hugo, the French dramatist and nov. elist, puts it, "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come." "Less but better" is a principle whose time has come.
Everything changes when we give ourselves permission to be more selective in what we choose to do. At once, we hold the key
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An antidote to finding your purpose