personal growth

“Because it’s cool” is an underrated way to make decisions

-via Jason Yuan

We don’t give other people credit for the same interior complexity we take for granted in ourselves, the same capacity for holding contradictory feelings in balance, for complexly alloyed affections, for bottomless generosity of heart and petty, capricious malice. We can’t believe that anyone could be unkind to us and still be genuinely fond of us,... See more

Things that are most fulfilling are hard to start, easy to quit. Things that are least fulfilling are easy to start, hard to quit.

Every. Single. Time.

This is all to say: it’s worth listening when a place calls to you. It’s worth thinking about whether the place you live enables your goals or stands in their way. And it’s worth noticing what surroundings speak of enchantment, cultivate the conditions you feel at home in, and aim toward them. Life is more malleable than we think. It’s a surprise t... See more

Tommy Dixon • surroundings that speak of enchantment

One of the most valuable mental heuristics i’ve adopted for my life is: “what you have is what you deserve” This doesn’t mean you don’t have the potential to become the type of person who “deserves better”. You do. Probably 10X or even 100x so. But you, as you ... See more

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Almost anything that we are able to direct sustained attention at will begin to loop on itself and bloom.

To take a dark example, if you focus on your anxiety, the anxiety can begin to loop until you hyperventilate and get tunnel vision and become filled with nightmarish thoughts and feelings—a panic attack.

And you do the same thing with joy. If you... See more

Almost anything you give sustained attention to will begin to loop on itself and bloom