what "living life to the fullest" looks like
the eulogy values i aspire towards, instructions on how to live life, and more
by Agalia Tan · updated 2d ago
what "living life to the fullest" looks like
Agalia Tan added 2d ago
- Feel your feelings, big dawg, but also zoom out so you can hold at once how they feel huge in the brain and are utterly meaningless to everyone who walks this earth.
from well this is embarrassing
Agalia Tan added 13d ago
- I encourage you to tune into the experience of seriousness in your day-to-day life. What aspects feel tight, heavy, and constrained? In these areas, see if you can tune into any undercurrents of enjoyment. In the context of games, the way to let go of seriousness is to focus on just having fun. And the same applies in life.
from Be Sincere—Not Serious
Agalia Tan added 14d ago
“Happiness is like a butterfly, the more you chase it, the more it will evade you, but if you notice the other things around you, it will gently come and sit on your shoulder.”
― Henry David Thoreaufrom 30 Useful Concepts (Spring 2024)
Agalia Tan added 17d ago
- How can I overlap the things I enjoy?
For example, maybe you want to exercise and spend time with your spouse. What type of exercise sounds fun to do with your spouse?
Or perhaps you'd like to hang out with friends and build your career. How can you find ways to work with people you like being around?
It doesn't always work, but there are usually a... See morefrom 3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love
Agalia Tan added 17d ago
Agalia Tan added 21d ago
Mel Robbins on TikTok
Agalia Tan added 1mo ago
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of b
... See moreAgalia Tan added 1mo ago
- It’s about how it’s critical to have people in your life who love you and see you when you’re fun and sparkly and on top of the world, but also love you when you’re stagnant and petulant and self-sabotaging and letting them down. It’s about how that kind of love makes you believe in other kinds of love. It’s about how the essential texture of life ... See more
from The Friendship Theory of Everything
Agalia Tan added 2mo ago
friends <3