Truth
“Being happy with what you have doesn't prevent you from pursuing what you want.”
Brain Food: Letting Go
“The best moments in reading are when you come across something—a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things—that you’d thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you’ve never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it’s as if a hand has come out and taken yours.”
Ruby LaRocca • A Constitution for Teenage Happiness
The entire self-help industry in one sentence: Do what makes mornings exciting and nights peaceful.
Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?
Everything that fails both tests is noise.
Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?
Everything that fails both tests is noise.
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When you see yourself as capable of doing positive things in a future scenario, you build a positive emotional connection with yourself. And this teaches your brain to treat your future self less like a stranger, someone you hardly know and don’t care about at all, and more like someone you know well and love. “Future me is amazing!”
Jane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
“ Write about where you’ve been and where you’re going. Become a niche of one .”
Joe Forrest • I Launched My Atomic Newsletter… and This is Why You Should, Too!
The new status is freedom. Freedom equals free time.
I Used to Be Impressed by People Who Had a Lot of Money — But Now I’m Impressed by People Who Have a Lot of Free Time
When you’re first born you’re free, then the society you grow up in teaches you rules and limitations which stunt your growth unless you hijack it.
Tim Denning • Sentences That Have Altered My Perception of Reality
Philosopher and novelist Albert Camus on self-care:
"Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and... See more
"Go out for a walk. It doesn't have to be a romantic walk in the park, spring at its most spectacular moment, flowers and smells and outstanding poetical imagery smoothly transferring you into another world. It doesn't have to be a walk during which you'll have multiple life epiphanies and... See more
3-2-1: How to save a relationship, the key to being open-minded, and a simple guide to self-care
When your priorities are clear, every 'no' becomes a step toward what matters.