evanovich
@evancm
Geeky. Gay. Guy. Lost Angeles. Project/Program mgmt. Design. Tech. Actualization. Art. Insight. Nature.
@evancm
Geeky. Gay. Guy. Lost Angeles. Project/Program mgmt. Design. Tech. Actualization. Art. Insight. Nature.
Truth
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HOW TO (actually) CHANGE YOUR LIFE THIS YEAR
People want to change their lives. They want to change their relationships, their bodies, their income, their brokerage accounts, their statuses, their homes. It’s so easy to identify what’s wrong on the outside and blame it for the feelings on the inside. Never is this so painfully clear as when the cale
... See moreWhenever I see people defend the 40-hour workweek, I think back to this quote by David Cain:
'But the 8-hour workday is too profitable for big business, not because of the amount of work people get done in eight hours (..) but because it makes for such a purchase-happy public. Keeping free time scarce means people pay a lot more for convenience, gra
... See moreTo avoid the bad feelings, the child slowly learns to identify only with what he thinks of as “good” and to deny anything “bad” as part of who he is. He actually starts limiting his identity to only include what he has come to believe is “acceptable” in the eyes of his parents. Yet another child may despair altogether of getting any good strokes fr
... See moreChildren, especially highly sensitive children, can be wounded in multiple ways: by bad things happening, yes, but also by good things not happening, such as their emotional needs for attunement not being met.
People pleasing and why.
TRUTH
Don’t overthink it.