Rishita Chaudhary

I get asked a lot about “tips for alleviating burnout,” and if you’ve been reading this newsletter for awhile, you know I have a few: put your phone on airplane mode before you go into the bedroom; don’t listen to podcasts on walks; dedicate time to hang out with your own mind. But the biggest one is something I first heard from fellow burnout... See more

## Flavours

of narrowing. Good friendships/jhana's open you up. You see more, you see clearly. The clarity, high res sensory inputs feel good. You have access to more channels. Whereas with addiction there is fragility, you have a kind of narrowing,

Validation - rather than intrinsic, inalienable self worth, we have a narrowing of sources of worth.

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The project I'm doing is basically turning myself into a certain type of person who is able to have these thoughts. The essays are kind of just exhaust from the project. The work is growing emotionally and intellectually in such a way, and just going out into the world, talking to people, reading, looking at things, and becoming the kind of mind

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We're looking to play with practices. Play doesn’t mean to treat it carelessly but play like how we play an instrument or a game where you're serious without being severe and sincere without being dogmatic. Ultimately this serious play is how we learn things, how we enjoy the process of living meaningfully without stressing about whether we get it... See more

3. It is very hard to change the world when you are broke. So don't apologize for chasing money.

4. Meet everyone. Say yes to everything. You narrow the field later.

5. Do it all. Because you’ll die eventually and life will make you slow down. But up until then, eat the world.