values

"Be regular and orderly in your life so that you may be violent and original in your work." - Gustave Flaubert

It's like, ‘What genre do I want my internal monologue to be in?’ and most of us are default-choosing ‘enraged op-ed.’”

It seems to me that their ideas are useful for very different kinds of experiences. One key difference is duration of the experience . L.A. Paul’s model of “transformative experience” works best for situations that have a clean before/after. The after is where you are epistemically transformed, and your self, tastes, preferences, and knowledge migh... See more

To invent your own life's meaning is not easy, but it's still allowed, and I think you'll be happier for the trouble.