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learn something that fascinates you

Pick a topic, anything. Become obsessed. Not to be graded or read. Not to get ahead. Just for the thrill of it. Write a thesis, do the research, produce the paper. Watch lectures. Take notes. Make PowerPoints no one will ever see. Make homework for yourself, like you used to. Give yourself a deadline in one month,... See more

Let yourself sit in silence. No phone. No music. No stimulation. Just 10 or 15 minutes of mental stillness a day. Stare out a window. Stare at the ceiling. Sit with the buzz of discomfort. It’s not about being bored—it’s about giving your brain the space to recalibrate. Try the Navy SEAL nap if you need structure: lie on the floor, feet up on the c... See more

If you’re anything like me, you miss thinking for the sake of thinking. You want the curiosity back. The attention span back. The ability to sit with a question, really sit with it, without reaching for a distraction every ten seconds. To want to engage again. To feel mentally present. To reclaim the part of you that used to light up at complexity ... See more

In East of Eden, the characters deeply question and ponder over the meaning of the word “timshel”, and finally understand it to translate most accurately as “you may”. This, in the context of the story, is an important revelation. It tells the characters that if they live their lives believing in “you may”, then they don’t have to do anything, as i... See more