The Evergreens
reminders for myself
The Evergreens
you have to do the low stakes stuff to prepare for the high stakes stuff. They are the building blocks of confidence, and that's an enormous thing.
3-2-1: When to be patient, why we procrastinate, and the importance of early attempts
After more than a century of life and decades of studying both the human body and the human soul, I have found this to be true: we are happiest when we remember our divine worth and extend that recognition to others—beginning with our own families.
Russell M. Nelson: We All Deserve Dignity and Respect
you almost certainly can't consistently do the kind of work that demands serious mental focus for more than about three or four hours a day.
Oliver Burkeman • The three-or-four-hours rule for getting creative work done
Beware: learning more is a smart person’s favorite form of procrastination.
Procrastination is sexy
“figure out what you’re good at without trying, then try” is one of my all-time favourite sentiments — you’ll never get tired of doing what feels fun and easy to you, so why not *try* to make what you do indefinitely (your vocation) something you would do forever, with pleasure?
Isabel️twitter.comWe believe emotion is energy in motion. So to discharge, we move, we breathe, we make sound and we dance, so we are never too scared to feel our rawest emotions and we don’t store them in our bodies.