Life
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Life
When it's worry time in our house we have a script. I say, I'm going to share a worry with you. And then CW listens and says, I acknowledge your worry and understand how it is making you feel. And then we go to sleep and wake up and get back to work.
worry train. tripod light.
I love getting emails from Che-Wei + Taylor. Their objects are so lovely, but even more lovely is the humanity and vulnerability in their emails.
... See moreYou’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache. When you don’t have a toothache, you’re not
By Anthony De Mello, from the book, Awareness.
From the May 30, 2025 edition of Tim Ferriss’s 5-Bullet Friday email newsletter.
I’ve concluded that the metric by which God will assess my life isn’t dollars but the individual people whose lives I’ve touched. I think that’s the way it will work for us all. Don’t worry about the level of individual prominence you have achieved; worry about the individuals you have helped become better people. This is my final recommendation:
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The phone is not the enemy. The enemy is fear—fear of stillness, fear of silence, fear of being alone with one's own thoughts.
So let this be the final word: use it, but do not be used by it. Hold it, but do not be held by it.
And above all, remember: the truest moments of life happen in the spaces where there is no screen.
So let this be the final word: use it, but do not be used by it. Hold it, but do not be held by it.
And above all, remember: the truest moments of life happen in the spaces where there is no screen.
Six Meditations on the Phone
Perfectionism rarely creates perfection. You procrastinate because you’re terrified of falling short. You abandon projects because they don’t live up to insurmountable standards. You spend more time frantically burying flaws than creating something authentic.
