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The Highly-Effective Rituals That Are Guaranteed to Level Up Your Life in 6 Months (but nobody else is talking abo…
My second-grade teacher, Ms. Edson, told us: If something feels too hard to do, it just means that the first step isn’t small enough. So often when we’re struggling, we tell ourselves that it’s a sign that we’re broken or that something is our fault, and then we freeze. But when something is too hard in the moment, tell yourself Ms. Edson’s advice.... See more
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" A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play , his labour and his leisure, his mind and his body, his education and his recreation." — L. P. Jacks
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In short, being too comfortable actually makes us miserable.
How much more? How many more quotes do we need to feel okay? How much more advice before we finally change? How many poems that almost explain us? How many more rules about how to be human? Eventually, you do find something that says exactly what you’ve been feeling. For a moment, It almost feels like enough. And then… you just keep scrolling. Looking for the next one that hits harder. We say it’s helping. We forget most of it. We’re addicted. Addicted to the feeling of almost understanding ourselves. We want to explain every human experience, every feeling, and put it into words—until there’s nothing left we don’t understand. But words don’t change us. They comfort us. They hold the feeling for us, so we don’t have to. And at some point, we’ve read enough. We’ve had enough advice, enough answers. We’ve spent more time learning how to live than actually living. — Written by @momentary_existentialism 🎨 Illustrations by @david.pogran
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