Joseph Torkildson

Marabeth Quin on perspective:

“The day I decided that my life was magical, there was suddenly magic all around me.”

The entire self-help industry in one sentence: Do what makes mornings exciting and nights peaceful.

Will this make me excited to wake up? Will this let me sleep in peace?

Everything that fails both tests is noise.

Step back and take a longer look at the many chapters your life has gone through and realize that there are many chapters that are still unfolding.

Why hang onto a heavy mood when it is bound to change?

do less have fun be weirder

Don't take yourself so seriously. Embrace chaos. Seek it, even. Build a fort in your living room, act like you're a crazy pirate on an adventure. Break convention. Break out of the circle of sameness that we're all herded into, daily.

make one unproductive decision
wear something wild that you like. wander without a destination. revisit something “cringe” you used to love. don’t think of growing up as outgrowing the parts of you that made life feel fun. bring them with you, on purpose.