Douglas Woods
@deerwood
Douglas Woods
Notice that these more specific expressions of classic life advice all refer to concrete objects and things. They identify a real-life moment where the wisdom would make a difference, and they tell you how to create that difference.
David Cain • Advice Gets Good When It Gets Specific
"If you’ve had a troubled past, you can either use past events to confirm your future, which is a victim mentality. Or you can look at your past as an origin story that you will use as fuel to forge a new path."
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6
Once we stop wishing it were summer, winter can be a glorious season when the world takes on a sparse beauty, and even the pavements sparkle. It’s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order.
Katherine May • Wintering: The power of rest and retreat in difficult times
The Green Children of Woolpit: A Medieval Encounter with Aliens, the Fae – or Orphans of War? – #FolkloreThursday
Charles Christianfolklorethursday.com
"the epic saga of modern life — full of self-help, positivity, and endless “gratitude” journals — we tend to lose sight of an ancient, essential source of joy: wonder."
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6
Goal setting
Downshifting isn’t about stopping or slowing down just because it sounds like the ‘right’ thing to do or is in the zeitgeist. It’s about moving forward with a deeper, grounded sense of intention and purpose.
"“You’d care a lot less what people think about you when you realize how seldom they do.”"
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6
https://medium.com/@davidmandell.s/here-are-the-10-things-i-learned-living-with-my-parents-for-a-year-in-my-30s-1addd7c924f6