What kind of human do I want to be?

“If you want to build relationships, you have to be willing to waste time with other people,” he said quietly. Not time optimized for outcomes. Not time aimed at extracting value. Just time spent in the presence of another human being, with an open heart and an open mind.

Matt Damon mentioned that Prince lived in Minnesota.

Matt Damon:

"So you live in Minnesota? I hear you live in Minnesota.”

Prince:

“I live inside my own heart, Matt Damon.”

“The loss of our capacity to ask one another questions, the loss of our capacity to get recipes from people we love, the loss of our capacity to read a map… we have to do those things,” said Gay. “Know that at every turn, there’s going to be stuff… trying to interrupt our capacity to be with one another.”

Connecting with other women on a heart level. It’s my favorite form of nourishment and lights me up more than anything else. I cherish friendships that exist on both the surface and the soul level — where you feel deeply seen, supported, and honored no matter what.

pen to paper is one of the simplest but most meaningful manifestations of love.

Xeno is the smallest measurable unit of human connection.

Who is someone who is inspiring me? Why? How can I connect with or encourage them?

And that’s what Attempts at Optimism is all about. Not toxic positivity, but approaching life’s plot twists with curiosity, compassion, and a stubborn kind of hope.

In the wreckage of so much loss, I began to look at things differently. What if I treated hope as a daily effort—an attempt , not a destination?

What if, despite my brain’s wiring, I started practising optimism on purpose?