Kevin Gainey
"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
- Looking closely is valuable at every scale. From looking closely at a sentence, a photograph, a building, a government. It scales and it cascades — one cognizant detail begets another and then another. Suddenly you’ve traveled very far from that first little: Huh.
I’d say that that huh is the foundational block of curiosity. To get good at the huh i... See morefrom Looking Closely Is Everything by Craig Mod
- Daily
- What’s 1 thing I’m grateful for?
- What 1 thing I can do today that I will be grateful for tomorrow?
- Where am I allowing my fear of discomfort to hold me back?
- Where am I allowing a lack of consistent execution to hold me back?
- What does my ideal day ahead look like?
General- List out 10 things you want in 12 months time and write “I have X, I earn X
from ✏️ My Favourite Journalling Prompts
- What are you often silently complaining about in your head and who is the person you need to actually discuss your frustrations with?
People can’t react to your thoughts, only your actions. Time spent complaining to yourself is often better spent selling someone else on a new way of doing things.from 3-2-1: On the importance of beauty, fixing silent complaints, and a simple rule to make life easier
- Easy to spot a yellow car when you are always thinking of a yellow car. Easy to spot opportunity when you are always thinking of opportunity. Easy to spot reasons to be mad when you are always thinking of being mad. You become what you constantly think about. Watch yourself.
- "The problem with smart people is they can come up with a good reason for not doing anything. They are smart enough to find the cracks, to foresee the challenges, and to talk themselves out of the idea. They are experts at justifying their lack of courage or lack of action with an intelligent excuse.
But there will always be reasons to not do somet... See morefrom 3-2-1: How to find your way in life, the power of quiet weeks, and the problem with smart people
