what "living life to the fullest" looks like

the eulogy values i aspire towards, instructions on how to live life, and more

transcendence happens in our conversations with the world

Olivia Vagelos • Sometimes there are no rules

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

Your life moves in the direction of your dominant thoughts

Welcome to the Age of Authorship

It is rare for people to come into themselves if no one is excited and curious about their core, their potential. We need someone who gives us space to unfold.

Limit everything to the essential but do not remove the poetry.

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

Stop Ignoring All the Mundane Miracles in Your Life

nytimes.com

Phones, with their ability to transport you to other worlds, want to convince you that the one you’re stuck in doesn’t have anything worth paying attention to. But through my journaling, I realized something: We’re shoulder to shoulder with many universes; countless lives, hopes, dreams and fears as complicated as our own, all clustered in the same crowded shops, train cars and sidewalks. Why ignore all that?