Kathrin Radtke
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Kathrin Radtke
“We are an auto domesticated animal. We can now domesticate ourselves according to the same belief system we were given, and using the same system of punishment and reward. We punish ourselves when we don’t follow the rules according to our belief system; we reward ourselves when we are the “good boy” or “good girl”. […]
The inner Judge uses what is
... See moreI think we are all like this. People are not just high-agency or low-agency in a global sense, across their entire lives. Instead, people are selectively agentic.
Let’s say that life is divided up into three theaters: work, relationships with others (all kinds) and relationship to self (physical health, introspection, emotional development, all of... See more
Let’s say that life is divided up into three theaters: work, relationships with others (all kinds) and relationship to self (physical health, introspection, emotional development, all of... See more
Cate Hall • Maybe You’re Not Actually Trying
I believe I am being confronted with this impossible task: making a perfect idea into a perfect creation . What I fail to recognise is that the idea only seems perfect precisely because it has no counterpart in reality .
giulia spadoni riva • you love your potential too much
When you don’t know what to do, the first step isn’t figuring it out. It’s admitting that you don’t have to. Sit in the discomfort for a minute— seriously . Let it marinate.
ASH • What to Do With Your Life
We are Russian dolls, our lives made possible by other lives within us. But whereas dolls can be taken apart, our cellular and genetic helpers cannot be separated from us, nor we from them. We are lichens on a grand scale.
Maria Popova • Lichens and the Meaning of Life
The Four Agreements (Don Miguel Ruiz)
1 - Be Impeccable with Your Word
Words are powerful. Use your words responsibly and express kindness instead of manipulation and harm to yourself and others.
2 - Don’t Take Anything Personally
What others say or do is a reflection of them, not you. Others are going to have their own opinion according to their
... See moreThey believe that common and proven solutions are beneath them. It might work for everyone else except for them! There's a great tendency to overcomplicate things and create unnecessary drama. Especially when the solution is simple, they'll find a way to excuse themselves.
Again, their arrogance is always their downfall. That's why they're... See more
Again, their arrogance is always their downfall. That's why they're... See more
Rafaelkruger • Are You A Puer Aeternus ? - Obvious Signs You're A Man-Child or Woman-Child
Brains, Bodies, Psychology and Mental Health
About the Puer Aeternus
I think virtually everyone, except perhaps the very Zen or very old, goes through life haunted to some degree by the feeling that this isn't quite the real thing, not just yet – that soon enough, we'll get everything in working order, get organised, get our personal issues resolved, but that till then we're living what the great Swiss psychologist... See more
Oliver Burkeman • What if you never sort your life out?
Real humans are weird and contradictory. They have random obsessions that don't fit their "brand." They go through phases. They abandon hobbies and pick them back up years later.
They contain multitudes, and those multitudes don't need to have a coherent narrative thread.
Projects let you be gloriously non-linear. You don't have to turn every... See more
They contain multitudes, and those multitudes don't need to have a coherent narrative thread.
Projects let you be gloriously non-linear. You don't have to turn every... See more
Michelle Pellizzon Lipsitz • be more confusing, actually
Maybe I’m interesting and confusing enough that I can’t be replaced by AI!