how to be
Are you rooting your decisions in your core principles or in a mix of second hand opinions you see on media feeds? Do you have core principles?
Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it a... See more
I aspire to Isak Dinesen’s way: work a little every day, without hope and without despair. What a way to live! To make! To be!
5 year old anthem
I’d like to keep my family together and raise my boys into adults who are “publicly useful and privately happy.” Anything else is gravy.
“Oxygenate your life with books, possibility, chance, hope, dash, verve.”
Shower thought: Normal behavior is forgotten. Only weird behavior survives. Nobody tells stories of when you did the expected — they only tell stories when you did the unexpected. Normal behavior costs nothing in the short term — but it disappears into the abyss.… https://t.co/Z5VEsRXRPC
Interesting POV thought starter on how unusual behaviour is harder, but ultimately more memorable. Nice chart too ;)
This is purely my opinion, but if you want to express yourself as freely as you can, it’s probably best not to start out by asking “What am I seeking?” Rather, it’s better to ask “Who would I be if I weren’t seeking anything?” and then try to visualise that aspect of yourself. Asking “What am I seeking?” invariably leads you to ponder heavy issues.... See more