Elena
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Elena
She was the last name we signed on every birthday card.
She was our first baby, a therapist, a pillow, a big sister, a schoolmarm, a comedian, a party girl and a rebel. Definitely not a watchdog—she would have let burglars in and shown them where we kept the bacon and American cheese slices.
Always smiling even when she... See more
To do great work, start by finding something you have a natural aptitude for, that you have deep interest in, and that offers scope to do great work, then work on projects related to that field. As you gain knowledge and experience, pay attention to gaps in understanding or areas that others overlook and boldly chase outlier ideas, even if they
... See moreLa tesis del artículo de Paul Graham - How to do Great Work
I just found this secret note that my ten-year-old daughter wrote to my eight-year-old son.
Rosalind Stanleysubstack.comthings to remember when the world is too much
mi love language honestly
Knowledge of the world isn’t the same as experiencing the world. Why does online connection so often seem to lack aliveness, as compared to encounters with the world of flesh-and-blood people, nature, and material things? This paragraph from Karl Ove Knausgaard struck me as eloquent: “It feels as if the whole world has been transformed into images
... See moreRelationships are an important source of personal growth, but for a relationship to expand us, two things are necessary.
The first is intimacy: we need to give the person we are talking to deep attention; we need to really take them in; and they need to feel comfortable enough to share their thoughts in an uncensored... See more
Henrik Karlssonsubstack.comA humanism that responds to the collapse of Big Authenticity will be sexier . As Magdalene Taylor recently wrote, “Real things and actual human experiences are hot, even in the written form. They have a libidinal energy that’s been drained from us in the current technological era. And we’re going to want to get that energy back.”
Daisy Alioto • Yearn in Review
Taste is about discovery, having interest in things, and making a lot of mistakes. It’s about trying to find the authentic set of choices that both reflect your own background, but also the choices and discoveries that you have made consciously and deliberately. It's always changing and it's also always in reflection of what everyone else is doing... See more