Justin Mather
- When we sing in the shower, we hardly expect applause. In fact, that would be awfully weird.
But online, when just about anyone might be clicking, watching or sharing, it’s disappointing to put your work into the world and hear nothing.
Nothing but a black hole that absorbs your best work and reflects nothing back.
And if that happens again and again,... See morefrom Crickets
More slowly here that you notice the change in the casting of shadows from the sun moving throughout the day
Noticing how the breeze skips along over the hills as it moves its way through the islands unobstructed
The fact that you’re not doing anything, or change trying to change, correct, or improve anything doesn’t mean you can’t notice everything with real clarity.
It makes me feel like real tourist. Attraction of Greece. Is the culture equally as much as the location.
In other centuries (and in other lands), melancholy and longing were considered a natural part of the human condition. Now they are a moral failing, a way of signaling
But soon, Mickey Mouse and Ronald McDonald and Olaf the Snowman and Tinkerbell add their own urgent yet upbeat demands: Dance! Clap your hands! Believe in magic! Eat a Happy Meal! Life is a victory march, and only a grouch would steadfastly refuse to join in the fun. What do you have against joy, anyway? Which is probably fine for babies. What’s od
... See moreBut what if all the incessant happiness and entertainment and subliminal pressure to always be positive isn't actually a good thing to instill on our children?
The enforced cheer of American life never leaves you alone. From your first day on Earth, you are prodded and provoked with smiling plush toys and grinning mobiles and cloyingly sweet songs that insist on your consistent, unending happiness.
Some of these poisons are embedded in the shared ideals of our culture, with its focus on constant improvement and perpetual forward motion. The rise of digital culture has exacerbated this problem dramatically. We’re now, more than ever before, bombarded by hidden and overt messages about our personal worth. In spite of the growing uncertainty and
... See more- Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work. It doesn’t matter how good or how bad it is. You don’t need to set the world on fire with your first try. You just need to prove to yourself that you have what it takes to produce something.
from Finish something. Anything. Stop researching, planning, and preparing to do the work and just do the work. It doesn’t matter how good or how bad it is. You don’t need... by James Clear
- Novelist and comic book writer Neil Gaiman on the source of improvement:
"You have to finish things — that's what you learn from, you learn by finishing things."
Source: Neil Gaiman's Advice to Aspiring Writersfrom 3-2-1: How to stick to a new habit, how to handle criticism, and 4 types of wealth