Shoshanah
@shoshkabob
if only i knew!!
Shoshanah
shoshkabob.substack.com
big secret to happiness is just liking stuff. finding more stuff to like. finding ways to like stuff you didn’t before. recognizing what it feels like to like something and doubling down on that. what feels frivolous is actually the whole ballgame
This is choice paralysis. Previous generations didn’t have many options so they stuck together through hard times and made it work. Now, abundance (or its illusion) has led people to feel less satisfied. People are now more anxious about making a choice and less certain that the one they made was correct.
"When I play music at home, I pretend I'm on stage. When I'm on stage, I pretend I'm at home."
—John Mayer
"You know, they say when you love what you do, it's not work. But, I think, when you really love what you do, it's great work."
—Yo-Yo Ma
@ Hollywood Bowl, Goat Rodeo Sessions Tour
August 25, 2013
creativity and
"You may not ever have a romantic relationship with Sadie, but you two will be friends for the rest of your lives, and that is something of equal or greater value, if you choose to see it that way.”
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
they were still young enough to understand time in semesters
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
"... There are no ghosts, but up here”—she gestured toward her head—“it’s a haunted house.”
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
Ok WOW
It isn’t a sadness, but a joy, that we don’t do the same things for the length of our lives.
Gabrielle Zevin • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: A novel
“Why do you think we never got together?” Sadie sat next to Sam on the bed. “Sammy,” she said. “We were together. You must know that. When I’m honest with myself, the most important parts of me were yours.”