Marty Bell
@martybell
Marty Bell
I see more and more people quietly stepping back—not out of cynicism, but out of a desire for something richer, something more authentic and expressive. Maybe in this new world we find ourselves in, we’re all searching for new ways to belong
Steve Schlafman • Tweet
I’ve come to realize that these mass-market feeds, driven by algorithms, erode the quality of my attention. And attention—what I focus on, what I give myself to—shapes everything. It’s how reality is experienced. How life is lived. I want more agency over what enters my awareness, because what I consume shapes how I think, how I feel, and ultimatel... See more
Steve Schlafman • Tweet
My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.
– Michael J. Fox
Things that are most fulfilling are hard to start, easy to quit. Things that are least fulfilling are easy to start, hard to quit.
Every. Single. Time.
At work the junior engineer sends you some code to review. The code was clearly written in a first draft, and then just iteratively patched until the tests passed, then immediately sent to you to review without any further improvement. They do not care.
The guy on the hiking trail is playing his shitty EDM on his bluetooth speaker, ruining nature fo... See more
The guy on the hiking trail is playing his shitty EDM on his bluetooth speaker, ruining nature fo... See more
Nobody Cares
“A developed country is not one where the poor own cars, but one where the rich use public transportation.” — Gustavo Pedro
To feel creatively and intellectually alive, you have to stop mindlessly consuming the Internet and start mindfully curating it.
... See more“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To hims
"Caring about everything is a disaster.
Caring about nothing is also a disaster.
Nurture the small pocket of things that truly matter to you."
Caring about nothing is also a disaster.
Nurture the small pocket of things that truly matter to you."