Offline
Instead of letting every notification or headline shape your day, choose a few trusted sources that actually align with your values. Lately, I’ve been limiting myself to just three sources of input per day. I also theme my days to help my brain gain consistency and predictability. Thursdays are for catching up on financial news. Sundays are for... See more
What differentiates someone who paints every day in private, and someone who paints every day and posts about it on Instagram? Nothing besides the act of practicing their craft in public- and that’s not what defines the act.
you are what you do, not what you post
For whatever reason, labelling yourself as anything when you’re brought up in a world with social media, only tends to feel right when there’s an element of public sharing. But why should we feel better owning our passions as a part of who we are only when we’re practicing them in front of an audience? An audience or lack thereof doesn’t define... See more
you are what you do, not what you post
But when ease becomes the default measure of value—when “fast” and “frictionless” are always better, we lose something critical: the slow, inconvenient texture of real life and real relationships.
Israa Nasir • A good life is inconvenient.
“Burnout” is a particularly modern affliction, feeling simultaneously overwhelmed and paralyzed. I’ve found it’s best to think of burnout not as a disease but as a symptom, with many different etiologies. The big three: permanent on-call, broken steering, and mission doubt.
Emmett Shearx.comThe questions I most often come back to include: What is work? How did you arrive at that conclusion? What scripts are you unconsciously living out? Are they serving you or holding you back? Is there a better script for your life, right now?
Paul Millerd • Good Work : Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
As we embrace this offline renaissance, we have an opportunity to redefine the real world and create an era where personal connections thrive, leaving behind the shallow realm of repetitive content and fragmented communities. It is up to us, the silent majority, to reimagine the offline world for a new generation that is outside of both centralized... See more
“Offline is the New Online” by Rachel Haywire
What replaced these symbols isn't new ones but their absence. Gen Z flexes by not flexing, by thrifting instead of buying, by staying offline, by caring about things money can't touch. They've solved what 2015 never could: the best status symbol is not needing any.