Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
When you love someone, I think the question that you ask is: can I help them be okay? Can I make their life better without ruining my own? What can I do to be there? To me, the heart of love is the acknowledgement that we have little control over how other people live and yet our fate is bound up with theirs. S is not the only person I feel that... See more
Ava • no exit
Jen LinkedIn post
Q: By opening up the spectrum of feeling.
A relationship, like a movie or book, doesn’t fail when it comes to an end.
a relationship that ended, not failed | Derek Sivers
History tells us that collective action works. Yet drawing a strict line between individual and communal endeavours is a false dichotomy. Our personal actions are not a pointless drop in the ocean, for the simple reason that their ripple effects can turn into waves.
Roman Krznaric • The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World
“I like to think of my work as ‘out there.’ And I am ‘in here.’ The thing with the computer is that you start to lose track of the ins and the outs.”
The Post-Individual
It’s not just about “achievement”, by the way. It’s about fully meeting yourself. Truly seeing what you’re made of. Exploring all of the nooks and crannies of your being and the depths of the human experience. Seeing who you might become in the process.
If you never go through any struggle or endure anything hard to get to where you want to go and
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