Relationships

I meet a lot of people searching for something (career, relationship, etc). And yet, when it’s put in front of them, they won’t pursue it because they fear pain (getting hurt, failure, etc.). So they unconsciously (and expensively) trade self protection for misery.

Shane Parrish twitter.com

Johanna

I’m Tired of Explaining Why I Don’t Drink

The Cut thecut.com

Sarah Wood

Falling in Love While Sober Wasn’t What I Expected

Man Repeller repeller.com

Sarah Wood

Fandom as Methodology: On Fan-Nonfiction and Finding the Joy of Mutual Delusion

Lithub lithub.com

Sixian

“The role of the artist is exactly the same as the role of the lover. If I love you, I have to make you conscious of the things you don’t see.”

—James Baldwin

Tara Skurtu • Tweet

rob hardy

The Hummingbird and the Poison Tree

Daniel Jeffries danieljeffries.substack.com

Prashanth Narayan

The Breakfast — Meet new people over breakfast

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Maria Carolina Suarez

The secret to desire in a long-term relationship | Esther Perel

Clarity notes youtube.com

ggabriel

Our generation’s collective consciousness in regards to love is a complex/spoiled one. Through globalization and over-stimuli we are drowning in contradicting self-imposed subjective expectations and demands towards love. To have → love. To want → desire. Imagination, admiration, novelty, and vulnerability play protagonist roles in the feeling of drawness towards a partner. Neediness is an anti-aphrodisiac – anything resembling parenthood. The erotic as an antidote to death, mechanism to survive during the holocaust. The erotic mind is full of contradictions, love them <3

The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age

John Heider • 2 highlights

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Clara Nafria