Simple happiness

Drivers of happiness

If something that seems like work to other people doesn't seem like work to you, that's something you're well suited for. For example, a lot of programmers I know, including me, actually like debugging. It's not something people tend to volunteer; one likes it the way one likes popping zits

What Doesn't Seem Like Work?

I had become busy most of the time.

Busy is lazy.

Busy is un-choosing creativity.

Busy is low impact.

Busy keeps you busy.

Busy is easy.

Busy is common norm.

Busy doesn’t lack effort, just strategic direction.

Don’t be busy.

Are you busy with being busy?

The day you stop worrying about with other people think is the day that you begin living your life.

-Paul Bascobert

my italics; from Kettering University 2023 commencement speech

… build a life and company you don’t want to escape from

-Sari

from 2025 end of year video

To anyone reading this who feels fear holding them back, I’d say this: fear is normal. I’ve felt it dangling off the side of buildings, climbing mountains, even in boardrooms. But courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the decision to say yes anyway.

The next time fear tells you no, try answering with yes. Say yes to the challenge, yes to the... See more

Say YES to life

What you find interesting is a better predictor of success than what you’re good at.
Curiosity isn’t random; it’s a compass.

-Shane Parrish, Brain Food #627

Where does your curiosity lead you?

Only surviving? Why not thriving?

Say goodbye to objects that don't serve you

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Darrow says of refugee Reds living in Tinos:

I stare down at the city, unable to find the words I need to say. I feel like a prisoner who spent his whole life digging through the wall, only to break through and find he’s only dug into another cell. Except there will always be another cell. And another. And another. These people are not living. They

from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 71