Courtney
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Courtney
Coming to terms with climate change and its effects while living in constant uncertainty about the worldâs future is challenging for any human being.
How to cope with climate anxiety | Psyche Guides
Gramsci described the dialectic I am reaching for when he said we should practise pessimism of the intellect and optimism of the will, a disjunction that will only work if both ends of the dialectic stay in touch with each other.
Richard Holloway ⢠Stories We Tell Ourselves: Making Meaning in a Meaningless Universe
âWalking the middle pathâ DBT concept
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. Theyâre made without handles simply because if itâs too hot to touch, itâs too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
... See moreOpinion | Art Isnât Supposed to Make You Comfortable
nytimes.com
â[T]he more we cultivate audiences who believe that the job of art is to instruct instead of investigate, to judge instead of question, to seek easy clarity instead of holding multiple uncertainties, the more we will find ourselves inside a culture defined by rigidity, knee-jerk judgments and incuriosity.â
i wish more people knew psychological impact of using the word âbutâ -
it can negate all that came before it in the listenerâs ears. often acting as an unintentional dismissal
nibras ęŠ i love Ůبعاس âĄĚx.comThe âno buts or shouldsâ rule of group DBT continues to follow me everywhereâŚ
âif I have to work, I find it preferable (and less painful) to work intensely for very short hours, then do nothing for the rest of the time assuming doing nothing is really doing nothing), until I recover completely and look forward to a repetition, rather than being subjected to the tedium of Japanese style low-intensity interminable office hours
... See moreResonate and Thought provoking
The stress of not having ownership of your time adds to burnout.
