what "living life to the fullest" looks like

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

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

Take a chance! Trust someone! Fall in love! Feel something! Build something meaningful and scary and try your best not to blow it up

freyaindia.co.uk • Risk-Aversion Is Killing Romance - By Freya India - GIRLS

Let go of the 'shoulds.' Life is full of 'shoulds' - you should go to that event, you should answer that text, you should do the laundry, etc., but at the end of the day, they are 'cans' and you determine if and when you act.

As Nix writes, searching for your life’s work is a multi-turn endeavour. Rightness reveals itself gently over time, and brings you closer to finding a life that fits

maja • what i learned on a creative sabbatical

Look for the repeating patterns of desire in moments when you are truly happy. Look for the arrangements of energy that compel you. Remember, you are looking for general shapes, like “the feeling of sharing confidences,” or “the knowledge that you have served your duty.” Language here only serves as a pointer to the elemental arrangements of... See more

Sasha Chapin • The Two Kinds of Desire, and One of the Most Important Things I Know

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 more

3-2-1: On the shortness of life, what mastery requires, and how to overlap the things you love

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