lifestyle
What is worthwhile?
lifestyle
“I quote others only in order the better to express myself.”
―
Michel de Montaigne,
The Complete Essays
―
Michel de Montaigne,
The Complete Essays
A quote from The Complete Essays
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
If you want to understand someone’s identity, ask: Where do you want to belong?
Jessica Hagy • Ten Infrequently Asked Questions
#12 Prototyping life shifts
People falsely look at life as all-or-nothing leaps. This is because people tell the story this way and we seek evidence for it. We listen for what we want to hear. Yet if you dig deeper, most people prototype major changes in subtle, slow ways.
People falsely look at life as all-or-nothing leaps. This is because people tell the story this way and we seek evidence for it. We listen for what we want to hear. Yet if you dig deeper, most people prototype major changes in subtle, slow ways.
Paul Millerd • Tweet
gradually discovered that ninety-nine percent of the things I worried about never happened.
Dale Carnegie • How to stop worrying & start living
In recent years, I've begun to suspect that a life consumed by ideas will not bring me closer to the divine. The freedom I seek, it seems, doesn't lie in my laying about, steeped in my own brain, but rather in the stillness I've found in the more mundane moments of my life. In these moments, there is no euphoria, nor even any active reflection on... See more
Nadia • Glimpsing God
Chaval al hazman (חבל אל הזמן)
Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end
Literally "shame on time"; referring to an amazing experience that you don't want to end
Steph Smith • Eunoia: Words that Don't Translate
How I feel while watching a great movie or reading a page-turning book
#23 Generosity as a practice
I've learned accidentally that generosity is extremely uncomfortable but can be learned. Giving to charities is not practicing generosity, it just fits into the norms of society. Gifts are uncomfortable because they create bonds. Give before it feels like you are ready. Giving can open you up to more possibility
I've learned accidentally that generosity is extremely uncomfortable but can be learned. Giving to charities is not practicing generosity, it just fits into the norms of society. Gifts are uncomfortable because they create bonds. Give before it feels like you are ready. Giving can open you up to more possibility
Paul Millerd • Tweet
A number of observational studies have indicated that volunteering is associated with improvements in various aspects of well-being. In some sense, volunteering and regularly participating in various volunteering activities and organizations is a commitment to repeated acts of kindness, generally directed to an important goal of improving the life... See more