how to be
“In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments—which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens. Measurements of people's minu... See more
Atul Gawande • Being Mortal
The only productive way to answer ‘What should I do now?’ is to first tackle the question of ‘Who should I become?'
Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living
living with your guard down
we feel different about the world when we create things
The idea of appearing to do something - you get the same level of satisfaction if you know that someone believes you’re accomplishing something as you do from actually accomplishing something and so it’s easy to get trapped in that loop and so you never get there because you’re too busy sharing that you’re getting somewhere instead of actually doin... See more
Realizing and accepting that you will never reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems is key to living in the moment - what those problems are is largely within your control
You decide what your daily habits are and they’ll define who you are
I will say leave a good quarter of the time for feast and celebration or your soul will die.
Francois Monnet, IN CONTEXT, No. 1