Reminders for myself
The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. —John Ruskin
Sunday morning reset 💡
instagram.comPerfectionism often wears the mask of high standards , ambition , discipline. It parades itself as virtue, a propriety. In reality, it is rarely about the pursuit of excellence but the terror of being perceived as inadequate.
perfectionism is a form of shame
“The truth is, that you cannot create anything of value without both self doubt and self belief”
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
@chimamanda_adichie
Full speech is on YouTube:
“Author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie addresses Harvard’s Class of 2018” at Harvard... See more
instagram.comDefine Your Way of Life
"But beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living WITHIN that way of life."
This is my favorite insight from the letter: Identify how you want to live, not what you want to achieve.
So often people focus all their energy on the summits—but
... See moreAlmost anything that we are able to direct sustained attention at will begin to loop on itself and bloom.
To take a dark example, if you focus on your anxiety, the anxiety can begin to loop until you hyperventilate and get tunnel vision and become filled with nightmarish thoughts and feelings—a panic attack.
And you do the same thing with joy. If you... See more
To take a dark example, if you focus on your anxiety, the anxiety can begin to loop until you hyperventilate and get tunnel vision and become filled with nightmarish thoughts and feelings—a panic attack.
And you do the same thing with joy. If you... See more