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Cognitive dissonance is the mental discomfort that results from holding two conflicting beliefs, values, or attitudes. People tend to seek consistency in their attitudes and perceptions, so this conflict causes unpleasant feelings of unease or discomfort.1
Cognitive Dissonance and Ways to Resolve It
“It’s a contract you see, people and the land. You care for it, and it cares for you.”
― Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
― Sharon Blackie, If Women Rose Rooted: A Journey to Authenticity and Belonging
If Women Rose Rooted Quotes by Sharon Blackie
“Where do I feel most like myself? I don't know how to answer that question. I guess I'm still looking.”
― Aysegül Savas, The Anthropologists
― Aysegül Savas, The Anthropologists
The Anthropologists Quotes by Aysegül Savas
what do I envy about others and what does that envy teach me?
Milk • Practices That Help You Understand What You Want From Life
days in a my life reels are not the antidote, they will show you another life that you could have indeed but they will not show you the deepest pit inside of your stomach and what could fill it, even just the lining. I know im irritating because i sit here complaining about how i dont have the life i envisoned for myself, of how ive betrayed my
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One word to describe Marseille : horny. The conversations are like the tightly knitted al fresco tables, everything slightly too close for comfort. The city has a brutal sexuality to it. Everything in it seems near seconds away from climaxing, and sweating in the process. It has a grittiness to its landscape—no smooth curves inside, every surface... See more
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There are better questions to ask:
- What do I actually value?
- Who are the people I admire?
- What makes me feel most alive?
- What makes me feel disgusting?
- Who do I secretly envy?
You don't need an "aesthetic," you need a value system
The Middle Ages, at least as reimagined by the 1960s, offered a pre-capitalist, enchanted world of communes and troubadours. Although we now stereotype the Middle Ages aesthetic as a sort of grey porridge full of nuns, this isn’t accurate. Historian Jacques Le Goff describes “big jewels inserted into the boards of book-bindings, glowing gold... See more