Reminders for myself

“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

Sometimes disengaging is the best way to engage.

Rick Rubin