sparks
“A Thousand Details Add Up to One Impression.”
I keep hearing a voice in my head that says, “The second half of your life doesn’t have to look anything like the first half of your life. The first half was bound; the second half is free.” Free, free, ever more free. Free from my own distorted thinking, free from any lingering shame and fear and resentments, free from expectations. This what I lo... See more
Sari Botton • This is 54: Author Elizabeth Gilbert Responds to The Oldster Magazine Questionnaire
Few things shock me like my own forgetfulness.
Frederik Gieschen • Revisiting 2023: Books and Podcasts

The self is not something you can set out looking for; it reveals itself gradually through the choices you make.
We must cease to concern ourselves with our unique suffering – whether we are happy or sad, fortunate or unfortunate, good or bad – and give up our neurotic and debilitating journeys of self-discovery. Art of true value requires, like a j... See more
www.henrikkarlsson.xyz • Two Kinds of Introspection
you don’t need to know who you are to become an artist. art molds us into the shape it wants us to be and the thing that serves it best.
Stop chasing miracles.
Miracles, by definition, are things that happen outside of your control.
Miracles, by definition, are things that happen outside of your control.
Sherry Ning • How to be Insightful

manage your energy > manage your time
H/t Jim Loehr
Sick of being a digital serf