i increasingly think there’s intense cruelty to shilling self-care as the solution for ppl who are clearly craving purpose

Being fine with periods of solitude, working alone, pushing things forward without others cheering you on...that's a superpower. The ability to run your own race, despite what the world is doing, initially looks behind - but puts you out front.

"The amount of serendipity that will occur in your life is directly proportional to the degree to which you do something you're passionate about combined with the total number of people to whom this is effectively communicated." https://t.co/KfFpouh7Dm

“Specificially, pursuit of novelty creates “luck”, and curiosity is the emotional manifestation of novelty. If we’re more open to what attracts our attention, we’ll get a lot luckier.”

In Japan, these grandparents didn't want Kids to feel lonely while waiting for the bus. So, they made a life-sized version of Totoro at the bus stop Now, the kids have a friend waiting there with them every day.