inspiration

take action without feeling the need to explain yourself

One thing I’ve come to appreciate is that having a vision is not the same as executing it. There is no shortage of ambitious ideas. Time and time again, it is when the rubber of ambition meets the road of practicality that things get tough.

to quote cave johnson,

“when life gives you lemons, don’t make lemonade. make life take the lemons back! get MAD!! I DON’T WANT YOUR DAMN LEMONS WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE!?!?! DEMAND TO SEE LIFE’S MANAGER!!! MAKE LIFE RUE THE DAY IT THOUGHT IT COULD GIVE CAVE JOHNSON LEMONS!!!! DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?!?! I’M THE MAN WHO’S GONNA BURN YOUR HOU... See more

Whenever you chicken out, you don't just feel the pain of cowardice; you miss out on the pleasure of courage.

The mountains are molehills

And the molehills? They are lit — you ever hang out in a molehill? Moles go nuts man they party.

The world is is a tragic mess of nothings that feel like everything.

and everythings that feel like nothing.

Parents apparently have this superpower where they can pick out just their kid’s voice in a room full of screaming children. Seriousness is like that: it allows you to hear the one important thing when the whole universe is screaming at you.

With all due respect, we have it pretty good. Our problems are boring.

I know how to handle a day when you feel extremely lazy. Decide that, given that you’re a lazy person, you will work diligently for only 30 entirely focused minutes on the most important thing, and then take the rest of the day off. You will do your best work on these days.

Don’t ask yourself where your true gifts lie. Ask what other people seem weirdly bad at.