the good life
“The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.”
— Erich Fromm, “Man for Himself”
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instagram.comHappiness is fragile if it depends on chance. Make it sturdier. Find it in things you control - keeping promises, doing work you’re proud of, staying healthy, learning something new, showing up to practice. When it rests on your effort, it cannot be taken away. It grows deeper and nourishes you.
Stoic Philosophysubstack.comHave you heard of the Ikea effect?
In one study, subjects were willing to pay 63% more for furniture they assembled with their own hands than for an identical pre-assembled piece.
We tend to love what we pour effort into.
In one study, subjects were willing to pay 63% more for furniture they assembled with their own hands than for an identical pre-assembled piece.
We tend to love what we pour effort into.
Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom.”
— Theodore Isaac Rubin
— Theodore Isaac Rubin