Caroline Mays
@illemonati
Caroline Mays
Being human is not hard because you're doing it wrong, it's hard because you're doing it right. You will never change the fact that being human is hard, so you must change your idea that it was ever supposed to be easy
Glennon Doyle • Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Most business plans are made, how-to books are written, and policies are designed by charlatans pretending to be experts. The learning of life is more about what to avoid. For e.g., avoiding cigarettes, junk food, toxic relationships, slow friends, overconfident confidants.
Via Negativa: The Process of Making Good Decisions By Eliminating Bad Ones
Author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury on the difference between critics and creators:
"Those who don't build must burn."
Source: Fahrenheit 451
"Those who don't build must burn."
Source: Fahrenheit 451
3-2-1: On peace of mind, the power of focus, and how to learn faster
remember, "interesting" "inspiring" and "informative" are all at odds with "optimized"
RAT_TRAPS v 161
Everybody wants to fight for their rights,
but nobody wants to talk about their responsibilities.
Behavioral scientists have long shown that specific goals are the ones that tend to lead to real wins. They have found, for example, that setting a small resolution for a day’s work motivates teams, and can do the same even if someone is working alone.
Arthur C. Brooks • Rise and Shine
All I know is what I have words for
How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.
— Annie Dillard, ’The Writing Life’, 1989