Natalie Audelo

Desire Infrastructure

I'm playing on the term "desire paths" here, the paths that show up where people actually want to walk, not just where the planners of sidewalks and roads want them to walk.

and that’s the thing. overthinkers don’t need less thought. we need better systems for handling what we feel. we need routines that don’t just regulate us in crisis, but keep us clear enough to avoid crisis in the first place. we need rituals that return us to ourselves — not because we’re broken, but because our brains are busy places and our hear... See more

A bigger problem than price inflation is expectations inflation: A constant increase in what you need to be satisfied.

People say ‘be yourself’ because they want you to resist the impulse to conform to what others want you to be. But you can’t be yourself if you don’t learn who are, and you can’t learn who you are unless you think about it.

Vorfreude: the joy of anticipation

Vorfreude means “the pleasure of anticipation.” I learned it from Jono Hey’s excellent Sketchplanations newsletter. “The magic of vorfreude lies in how it stretches out the pleasure of any upcoming event or experience,” writes Jono. “Once I hit 'Confirm' to book a trip, it kicks off joy for months whenever I think... See more