on navigating loss, death, decay, and extinction
One of the keynote speakers on stage said that of all people who go on bereavement leave after a loved one dies, half of them will quit their jobs within one year .
Jasmine Bina • Five Ideas for Rethinking the World
Death and grief are great forcing functions that collapse all of your false narratives. It’s a vacuum cleaner for a messy mind, especially in a culture where we let nothing die, which means nothing can be reborn. It is a gift for the living in that way.
Jasmine Bina • Five Ideas for Rethinking the World
Grief is so metabolizing, but we shouldn’t wait for death to access it. We should actively build grief rituals for ourselves like we would any other mental health practice.
Jasmine Bina • Five Ideas for Rethinking the World
Strange, isn't it? To have dedicated one's life to a certain venture, neglecting other aspects of one's life, only to have that venture, in the end, amount to nothing at all, the products of one's labors ultimately forgotten?
George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo
George Saunders, Lincoln in the Bardo
"When I am dead
do not name me in relation to capital I will
be wageless & worthless & perfect."
–Brendan Joyce
eulogy values
Joseph Awuah-Darko, a 28-year-old Ghanaian artist and entrepreneur, announced on Instagram in early December that he wanted to die. His battles with bipolar disorder had crushed his will to live, he said, so he had moved to the Netherlands to pursue medically assisted death.
Three days later, he followed up with one of... See more
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Death is a part of life... but have you ever thought about how your life affects those who come after you?
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instagram.com“There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times to develop psychic muscles. -- Muad'Dib”
― Frank Herbert, Dune
― Frank Herbert, Dune