Life Path Advice
by Forest Linden · updated 1d ago
Life Path Advice
“The world reveals itself to those who walk” — Werner Herzog
Forest Linden added 1d ago
- In a lot of ways people can be split into aimless and not-aimless like this. I think humans are at their best when they are reaching towards something. It doesn't have to be practical or noble necessarily, but something about the reaching itself seems to be required for people to flourish.
from The Map Is Mostly Words, and Simon Sarris Shows The Way by Sotonye
Forest Linden added 4mo ago
- Kurt Vonnegut on picking a lane:
Find a subject you care about and which you in your heart feel others should care about. It is this genuine caring, and not your games with language, which will be the most compelling and seductive element in your style.
I am not urging you to write a novel, by the way—although I would not be sorry if you wrote one, p... See morefrom Tweet by Buttondown
Forest Linden added 9mo ago
Rather than hoping to create a harmonious union between the pursuit of money and values, we might have better luck trying to combine values with talents. This idea comes courtesy of Aristotle, who is attributed with saying, ‘Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.’
Forest Linden added 4mo ago
- “I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.”
from A quote by Jim Carrey by Jim Carrey
Forest Linden added 2mo ago
- Maybe it’s not the achieving stuff that makes us happy, but rather the act of chasing after achievements. Most people need to feel that they are contributing to society. At least for me, when I try to picture my ideal days, it doesn’t matter if I’ve accomplished anything in the past. But my visions always involve working towards some kind of goal i... See more
from Nobody optimizes happiness by dynomight
Forest Linden added 4mo ago
- What man actually needs is not some tension-less state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.
from How to Find Fulfilling Work by Maria Popova
Forest Linden added 4mo ago
- In other words, the hard part isn’t writing, or coding, or speaking.
It’s determining what to write, what to code, and what to say.from Vita Benes
Forest Linden added 7d ago
- Rather than hoping to create a harmonious union between the pursuit of money and values, we might have better luck trying to combine values with talents. This idea comes courtesy of Aristotle, who is attributed with saying, ‘Where the needs of the world and your talents cross, there lies your vocation.’
from How to Find Fulfilling Work by Maria Popova
Forest Linden added 4mo ago
from philosopher Roman Krznaric