observations

Resonance is being in a flow state with another person

Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it... See more

A laptop operates the same whether it is on a desk in an office or on a bench in a park. But human brains are incredibly sensitive to context.

It’s funny how spending money makes you feel like you have money.

The idea of starting and basing everything off of precedent in any field like architecture or photography - must first understand and master what history understands as good and what has withstood the test of time before you can say that your work is good

The more important you are the more important you think your problems are / become self absorbed

As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren't just always there; people made them happen. But only recently have I started to internalize how much tenacity *everything* requires. That hotel, that park, that railway. The world is a museum of passion projects.

John Collison twitter.com

Most people could change their life at any given moment. Move to a new city, start a new relationship, end a relationship, form an LLC for that business you’ve been dreaming about, adopt a pet, cut your hair. There’s power in this freedom and it’s easy to forget that you have it, and that not everyone does.

Modern freedom is having the ability to disconnect