Daniel Wentsch

I've become so used to extracting maximum value out of my books that to just read them for pleasure feels like a radical, uncomfortable act. Without that pencil in my hand, I'm actively anxious while reading.

But I keep reminding myself to just read . To not try to remember and catalog every little bit of information I come across. Books are not

We don’t realize how much healing, release, and freedom is available to us if we just remember to deepen our breath and slow it down many times during the course of our day.

Buddha says, “You can search throughout the entire universe for someone who is more deserving of your love and affection than you are yourself and that person is not to be found anywhere. You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”

The irony is that we achieve far more in the long run when we have slack. We are more productive when we don’t try to be productive all the time.

I guess this is all to say, that if you’re a designer and you’re in a spot where you’re sitting and waiting to get picked for the shiny cool new project, stop waiting. Make your current team, your current work, the shiny cool new thing. Be loud about the thing you’re making and why it’s awesome and how it could be even more awesome