Reminders for myself

"You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns."

"The modern world is optimized for convenience, not improvement.

The default path is usually the more convenient path. And I get it. Who wants their days to be a pain in the neck? I like sitting in air-conditioned rooms and watching my favorite shows too.

But the body and mind only grow when

“‘It’s dark because you’re trying too hard,’ said Susila. ‘Dark because you want it to be light. Remember what you used to tell me when I was a little girl. “Lightly, child, lightly. You’ve got to learn to do everything lightly. Think lightly, act lightly, feel lightly. Yes, feel lightly, even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things

“The key is to keep asking yourself the same question, again and again and again: this is your life—what do you want to pay attention to?”
​— Catherine Price

"Motivation often increases after you begin. The lesson is not to wish you had more motivation, but to make starting as easy as possible."

James Clear

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky explains that discipline precedes inspiration:

"Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy."

What looks like a talent gap is often a focus gap. The "all-star" is often an average to above-average performer who spends more time working on what is important and less time on distractions. The talent is staying focused."

James Clear

“We will be judged on how well we loved.”

Toni Morrison at the Hay festival

“The greatest danger to our future is apathy. We can't all save the world in a dramatic way, but we can each make our small difference, and together those small differences add up. Every single person makes an impact on the planet every single day. The question is: What kind of impact do you want to make?"

Jane Goodall

Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray.

Rumi