Rob Tourtelot
@rtourtelot
Rob Tourtelot
The questions in every intimate relationship and close friendship are the same: Can you see this person clearly? Will you let them see you clearly? Are you too afraid? Are you too ashamed? Can you feel your feelings? Can you dare to let someone into your heart and trust them? Can this person let you in, or are they secretly terrified?
Talking about friendship with Heather Havrilesky
Question: How can I judge myself less harshly and appreciate myself more?
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
Ram Dass on self-judgment:
I think that part of it is observing oneself more impersonally. I often use this image, which I think I have used already, but let me say it again. That when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some... See more
š Week 2 ~ Exploring Interoception // Fri 4th Apr 2024
youtube.comThe one practice I kept was writing. It made the cut because I canāt deny how many good things in my life have come as a result of my putting words out into the world. It also felt like a respite: one area where I wasnāt skeptical of my identity. Iām at my most courageous on the page because interrogating my feelings with words feels justified and
... See moreMolly Mielke ā¢ (self) concept
Little things donāt have big signs on them
At sixteen, Mike Nicholsās girlfriendās parents gave him tickets to a Broadway play that turned out to redirect the course of his life. In college, a chance interaction with a cafeteria busboy led to him attending weekly improv workshops, where he soaked up practices and principles of creativity and
GEORGE SAUNDERS: I think ultimately it would be, are you benefiting the people in proximity to you? And truly benefiting them. And that in itself is, how would you know?
EZRA KLEIN: Yeah, how would you know is, I think, often a harder problem that we give it credit for. Why in proximity?
GEORGE SAUNDERS: Well, I think thatās the place to start. And... See more
EZRA KLEIN: Yeah, how would you know is, I think, often a harder problem that we give it credit for. Why in proximity?
GEORGE SAUNDERS: Well, I think thatās the place to start. And... See more
Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews George Saunders (Published 2021)
The artist and the professional, on the other hand, have turned a corner in their minds. They have succeeded in stepping back from themselves. They have grown so bored with themselves and so sick of their petty bullshit
Steven Pressfield ā¢ Turning Pro
Jerry Seinfeld:
"You must master waiting. 'Show's gonna be delayed a half hour.' Fine. Plane's gonna be delayed two hours. Fine. Career's gonna be delayed five years, Fine."
by gems I do NOT mean the authorās ideas or theories. Those are the last things we want. We want to form our own ideas. By gems I mean a little glimpse of something surprising and dissonant and mysterious ā a person or a situation or a moment in history where you think, āI didnāt expect that ā or āI donāt understand that , Iād like to go down a... See more