Friction
Considering friction
Friction
But friction is the teacher. It tells us where we’re stuck, and where we’re unclear. It’s how we build an actual perspective. And when we remove it, we lose the pause that allows deeper noticing. We lose the opportunity to make meaning through the act of making. What erodes isn’t just a single skill - it’s an entire network of disciplines that used... See more
The Act of Building Builds Us Back
Sabbath requires surrender. If we only stop when we are finished [our emails, our projects], we will never stop — because our work is never completely done.”
Ken Shigematsu • God in My Everything: How an Ancient Rhythm Helps Busy People Enjoy God
When writing meets no impediments, we can easily become links in a chain through which misinformation spreads. Yet my appeal for friction writing goes to something even more basic: When you encounter (and pay heed to) resistance in your writing, you have the chance to change not only your words but also your mind—and even to consider whether you
... See morehedgehogreview.com • An Appeal for Friction Writing
(100) Waste Your Time, Your Life May Depend On It Waste Your Time, Your Life May Depend On It
L. M. Sacasastheconvivialsociety.substack.comI think there are things in life that you want to telescope and compress and accelerate and streamline and make more efficient. And there are things where the value is precisely in the inefficiency, in the time spent, in the pain endured, in the effort you have to invest. And I don’t think we’re going to differentiate between those things. Because... See more
Adam Grant • Are We Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
This phrase refers to the fact that, though crabs climb easily, the containers they’re kept in at stores can be left open: when one crab tries to get out, the others grab onto it and hold it back. The crabs monitor and restrain each other.
Juan-Carlos Pérez-Cortés • Relationship Anarchy
Not really a good description of the idea but okay
I’ve taken those and added them to my existing list of domains to block within Kagi, you can find the list here, Flamed Fury Kagi Blog List. You can copy and paste these directly into the Kagi blocked domains in your settings page.
fLaMEd • How I Use Kagi
However, happiness is fleeting because a new desire always comes along. As Caed Budris says, “Happiness is the space between one desire being fulfilled and a new desire forming.” Likewise, suffering is the space between craving a change in state and getting it.
