Maria Potoroczyn
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Maria Potoroczyn
Here are some other techniques people use to access and maintain the zone:
- Introducing a long delay between when you do the work and when it is shown to the world. Annie Ernaux writes about this in A Simple Passion, a memoir about how she becomes obsessed in a banal way with a man who is having an affair with her—the thought that others will read
Henrik Karlsson • Notes | Substack
cool ways to push yourself to create outside of comfort zone and outside of well trodded paths
Everything I’ve experienced in my life thus far has been my purpose, and that a sense of purpose is no further away than the next inhale or blink. This revelation was a relief. I felt myself put down the weight of needing absolute clarity on life direction and certainty that I’m doing the right things.
There’s no way to get any of this wrong.
There’s no way to get any of this wrong.
"The... See more
Kelly Wilde Miller • A Year of Being Wild & on Purpose
After a period of the private and public losses of a global pandemic, where physical danger was other people, these safe, joyful, raucous public moments are rewiring us. These events are giving thousands of people a shared experience of physical release and joy and recovery – collectively. If for three years, we were trained to physiologically lean... See more
I believe parenting is an act of witness. All children deserve to be seen for who they are and called into their unique personhood
I annotated my friend’s book manuscript with scribbles on every page. She annotated mine with a single note: This needs to be better. She trusted that I would know what to do, and I did.
Sarah Manguso • 300 Arguments
Get a life. A real life, not a manic pursuit of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house. Do you think you'd care so very much about those things if you blew an aneurysm one afternoon, or found a lump in your breast? Get a life in which you notice the smell of salt water pushing itself on a breeze over Seaside Heights, a life in
... See moreAnna Quindlen • Anna Quindlen's Commencement Address at Villanova
You don’t immediately think, “This tiger needs to go to tiger therapy and get a prescription for tiger anti-depressants so it can feel better about living in a zoo and stop feeling sad about having to suppress its wild instincts”. You don’t think the tiger needs to “get over it” and make the most of its situation. You don’t consider showing the
... See moreJonathan Carson • A Call to Rebellion: A New Story About Depression
Energy and
Yama does not attempt to challenge so-called unwholesome behaviors head-on (for just the reasons Kate had discovered), but rather sneaks in around behind them in a brilliant psychological maneuver. Here is the brilliance of the yogic technique: Acknowledge the pattern. Study it. Observe it. Respect its power. And, if possible, make an intention to... See more