Life lessons
How to live.
Life lessons
The truth is I don’t want to live like that anymore. I don’t want my joy constantly filtered through tragedy to make it socially acceptable. I don’t want to preface every moment of peace with a disclaimer about the state of the world. I don’t want to curate my life through a lens of respectable sorrow. I want the full range. I want to be allowed to... See more
Tamara • When Did Joy Become Embarrassing?
Our obsession with being busy is, at its core, an existential problem disguised as a practical one. We fear emptiness, and so we overfill. Blaise Pascal once wrote, “All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” He said that in the 17th century. Imagine what he’d say about Slack notifications.
Tamara • The Cult of Busyness
Keep your distance from people who've made being wronged their identity. They're not looking for solutions, they're recruiting.
I’m speaking of the kind of joy that dares to exist alongside pain... irreverent, uninvited, uncompromising, even a bit crazy.
The joy that kicks off its shoes at the door of your sorrow and refuses to wait for permission. The joy that doesn’t pretend everything is fine but insists that something still is. The joy that can coexist with tears in your... See more
The joy that kicks off its shoes at the door of your sorrow and refuses to wait for permission. The joy that doesn’t pretend everything is fine but insists that something still is. The joy that can coexist with tears in your... See more