i. The person waiting inside me

Traits, qualities, behaviors that are my best version of me

“But here's the key: Start small and learn fast. Your first move doesn't need to be perfect; it just needs to teach you something. Focus more on the next small step that moves you closer to the goal.”

Shane Parrish

“Humans don’t mind hardship, in fact they thrive on it; what they mind is not feeling necessary. Modern society has perfected the art of making people not feel necessary. It's time for that to end.”

Sebastian Junger • Tribe — Sebastian Junger

The art of settling

From settling for in life to settling in.

Lögom as example

One day as I was about to step on a dry leaf, I saw the leaf in the ultimate dimension. I saw that it was not really dead, but it was merging with the moist soil and preparing to appear on the tree the following spring in another form. I smiled at the leaf and said, “You are pretending.”

Thich Nhat Hanh • Beyond Birth and Death

Thich Nhat Hanh

9/17/20

Lion’s Roar

Canadian writer, Stephen Jenkinson, and for-most grief tender wrote:

"Perhaps the most radical act in a troubled time is to proceed as if you're needed."”

Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.

Aldous Huxley, Texts and Pretexts: An Anthology With Commentaries

Reader vs co author

Richard Feynman on passion, curiosity, and living fully:

“Fall in love with some activity, and do it! Nobody ever figures out what life is all about, and it doesn’t matter. Explore the world. Nearly everything is really interesting if you go into it deeply enough. Work as hard and as much as you want to on the things you like to do the best. Don’t t... See more

What is it I care about it an interested in? What matters most to me?

the pain of where you are has to be greater than the pain it will take to change. You want the pain of discipline or the pain of regret?”

Coach Cori close. UCLA wbb coach after loss to usc fits season sweep and before tournament

Plan to work out at least three days a week with two active rest days for three to six months, she said. Focus on cardiovascular endurance, building muscle mass and stability in your core, hips and shoulders. Aim to increase your level of effort slowly — 5 to 10 percent each month.

Once you have a foundation of strength and stability, you can begin ... See more

Exercise. The Comeback