recovery
When David Foster Wallace said "there's a lot of narcissism in self-hatred" he was absolutely cooking
Dylano on Substack
“It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey.”
—Wendell Berry
—Wendell Berry
Steve Schlafman 🐌 • Tweet
I couldn’t quit smoking until I convinced myself that smoking was for losers.
Wasn’t enough to “want” to quit. I had to actively disdain it in an over the top way.
After the identity-belief changed, the rest was (relatively) easy.
Aaron Francis
Wasn’t enough to “want” to quit. I had to actively disdain it in an over the top way.
After the identity-belief changed, the rest was (relatively) easy.
Aaron Francis
Nathan Baschez • Tweet
Your sanity depends on you finding the comedy in the chaos
Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet
“Things became a lot easier when I no longer expected to win. When you understand that, you abandon your masterpiece and sink into the real masterpiece.” - Leonard Cohen
Henrik Karlsson • Sara Campbell on Substack
Often when people are stuck in life it’s because they’re holding out for the delusional possibility of a costless way of getting what they want, instead of just paying the cost
Sasha Chapinx.com
The least sexy advice on behaviour change nobody wants to hear?
Lower your expectations.
We have a tendency to set goals in states of either excitement or desperation.
Which leads us to massively overestimate what we can commit to.
Especially in the beginning, prioritise ease over effectiveness.
Lower your expectations.
We have a tendency to set goals in states of either excitement or desperation.
Which leads us to massively overestimate what we can commit to.
Especially in the beginning, prioritise ease over effectiveness.
Shane Copeland on Substack
PAUSE: Postpone Action Until Serenity Enters.