what "living life to the fullest" looks like
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what "living life to the fullest" looks like
A life full of distractions is, at an individual level, diminished. When you are unable to pay sustained attention, you can't achieve the things you want to achieve
— Stolen Focus, Johann Hari
I want joy to feel like peaches and pomegranates: sticky, luscious, childlike, a reminder that bliss is our default state before we learned to distrust it.
too much joy is exactly enough
Flirt with your life a little. It will flirt back.
Gabrielle Dubois Meloff • How to flirt with your life
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.
Be Sincere—Not Serious
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"Try to be surprised by something every day. How is this different? What is its essence? Don't assume that you already know what these things are all about, or that even if you knew them, they wouldn't matter anyway. Experience this one thing for what it is, not what you think it
Mel Robbins on TikTok
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On their podcast “Poog,” comedians Kate Berlant and Jacqueline Novak often refer to secular things as “godly” and “godless.” As in: liking a friend’s Instagram, godless; running into a friend on the street, godly. I think about this bifurcation all the time. Kate and Jacqueline are forever fixated on finding a new wellness routine that might change... See more