to be human
To me, challenging doesn’t look like the person who just grinds through a project to get it done, sacrificing sleep, family, or any semblance of balance. While brute force may be effective short -term, I’m convinced it doesn’t lend itself to sustainable creativity, joy, or meaning (and sustainability is everything – from a biological and... See more
Unknown • Challenging * Mattering = Meaningful
The more sensitive
an instrument, the more useful and
expensive it is scientifically, like that
is what makes an instrument great is
its insane specificity. Its sensitivity.
an instrument, the more useful and
expensive it is scientifically, like that
is what makes an instrument great is
its insane specificity. Its sensitivity.
she reminds me that you can be dedicated and still have equanimity, that it is possible to have extremely high standards and still approach things lightly. That just because you worry more, doesn’t mean you care more. There’s a big lesson in there for people like me.
Things I'm thinking about
In what ways is my judgment about them actually about something I judge myself for?
Pimethy • A few questions to use in the moment
- Prince Andrei Bolkonsky: There must be something you want to do.
- Pierre Bezukhov: I want to discover... everything! I want to discover why I know what's right and still do what's wrong. I want to discover what happiness is, and what value there is in suffering. I want to discover why men go to war, and what they really say deep in their hearts when
War and Peace (1956) - Quotes - IMDb
Kurt Vonnegut, talking about when he tells his wife he’s going out to buy an envelope:
“Oh, she says well, you’re not a poor man. You know, why don’t you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet? And so I pretend not to hear her. And go out to get an envelope because I’m going to have a hell of a good time in the process of
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