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“‘As you step into your 30s, let me share a piece of advice: this decade is your time for true reflection. You’ll face the outcomes of choices you made when you were younger, affecting everything from your relationships and career to friendships.” -Ali Abdal newsletter
- Never Finished
David Goggins
I accepted the hard truth that hoping and wishing are like gambling on long shots, and if I wanted to be better, I had to start living every day with a sense of urgency. Because that is the only way to turn the odds in your favor.from Daily Review | Readwise
- Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.from Daily Review | Readwise
Many of us found ourselves out of a paycheck, and more importantly, reconsidering our foundational conceptions of work. Trauma and clarity are congenitally entwined,
from The jobless Americans chasing the dream of ‘passive income’ by Luke Winkie
It is the key to modern life. If you are immune to boredom, there is literally nothing you cannot accomplish.
from The Pale King: An Unfinished Novel by David Foster Wallace
- think it’s for the same reason, actually, that we enjoy eating spicy food: what scientists call “benign masochism.” In a harsh world, it can be soothing to microdose shots of controlled pain. Comforting, to touch the scary parts of life without putting ourselves in real danger. Humor has always served this function; it allows us to express threaten... See more
from Tim Robinson and the Golden Age of Cringe Comedy (Published 2023)
- ‘The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.’ by Karen Blixen, writing as Isak Dinesen. Not a day goes by when this phrase by Denmark’s foremost writer doesn’t feel true to me. I’ve had it hung on my wall for over a decade.
Dense discovery newsletter
- Scenius, which I think of as the power of community in creativity. None of us are successful on our own: who you surround yourself with matters, both in how they lift you and how you lift them.