Thought poking
Words and ideas that poke your brain and make ya go huh
Thought poking
The results show that those who do not enjoy pleasure-driven activities are more depressed, anxious, and stressed. The findings suggest happiness may be driven not only by whether people engage in leisure, but whether they find value in what they are doing.
How You View Leisure Time Could Be Making You Less Happy
… that is why I make—to see the life that grows around the dead stone I stack. For what is a building without its audience? What is a city without its people?
-Glirastes
from Pierce Brown’s Dark Age pg. 542
What would you do if you weren’t afraid of failing?
Adapted from Timeleft newsletter
Change “I can’t” to “I’m having trouble”
A simple change in perspective can change the world
from Matthew McConaughey in The Tim Ferriss Show podcast #474
... See moreFind your vision.
Figure out what drives you. Figure out what matters enough to suffer for. You don’t need to know what job you want, or who you’ll marry, or where you’ll live five years from now. You just need to know why you’re doing any of it.
Figure out what gets you out of bed when you don’t want to move. Figure out what makes you feel alive
Often we fail to improve our lives simply because things don't get bad enough. If your new job is hell, you’ll leave it, but if it’s just unsatisfying, you’ll likely grind it out. Thus, small problems often threaten our quality of life more than big ones.
Gurwinder • 25 Useful Ideas for 2025
Darrow says of refugee Reds living in Tinos:
... See moreI 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
When we fail, let it be because we tried to innovate, not emulate.
-Jeffrey Katzenberg, 1991 internal Disney memo
When not if
All that we have is that shout into the wind—how we live. How we go. And how we stand before we fall.
-Karnus au Bellona
from Pierce Brown’s Morning Star pg. 269