Simple happiness
Drivers of happiness
Simple happiness
So many advantages in life come from being willing to look like an idiot in the short term.
No Bull
- Does this person make me sharper or softer?
- Do they increase or decrease my ambition?
- Do they bring peace or chaos?
- Do they align with the life I’m trying to build?
- Do they challenge me—or just validate me?
Aidan • The Most Expensive Decision You’ll Make in Your 20s Isn’t Financial
I should ask these questions for every relationship I have
Great piece about relationships—being deliberate over careless by analyzing them like any other large decision
humans are more interesting when they’re actually living rather than just consuming.
What the End Actually Looks Like
We protect money because it’s visible and throw away time because it’s not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy. We treat money as valuable because it’s quantifiable and time as disposable because it’s not.
If you burn money, people call you crazy. If you burn time, they call you busy. We treat money as valuable because it’s quantifiable and time as disposable because it’s not.
The Rules
The Trap of Being Universally Liked
These people are thoughtful and well-liked.
They smooth over disagreements.
They soften opinions.
They avoid saying things that might make someone uncomfortable.
They want everyone to be happy.
Which sounds like a good trait.
But there’s a hidden cost to living this way.
Because the moment you decide that everyone’s... See more
These people are thoughtful and well-liked.
They smooth over disagreements.
They soften opinions.
They avoid saying things that might make someone uncomfortable.
They want everyone to be happy.
Which sounds like a good trait.
But there’s a hidden cost to living this way.
Because the moment you decide that everyone’s... See more
Aidan • The Problem With Trying to Be Liked by Everyone
Optimism isn’t blind hope. It’s a decision.
A decision to believe the future can be better—and to work toward making it that way.
Aidan • The World Isn’t Ending. It Just Feels Like It.
Stop chasing more and more - learn when enough is enough for you
