Molly Simpson
@spagmol
thinker, feeler, third-wheeler
collecting dots here, connecting them there ￬
Molly Simpson
spagmol.substack.com
The Duolingo Handbook
handbook.duolingo.comRADICALS RADICANTS EPIPHYTES PARASITES
radicalsradicants.comChanging your mind can be a choice, but it’s not a decision. We don’t decide to change our minds; it’s more full-bodied than that. Changing our minds is a nuisance. It means rewiring countless associations and links between things, disconnecting and reconnecting dots.
We don’t decide to do this (why would we willingly, repeatedly put ourselves
We reject the shallow conformity of the engineering mindset, the stifling constraints of form following function, the illusion of minimalism, and the monotony of linearity.
In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
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In their place, we rediscover artistic principles rooted in tangibility, natural forms, the unicity of objects, and the texture and materiality of the physical world.
We impose... See more
Antoine Valot • Design Nouveau
I’ve found one tried-and-tested mindfulness exercise to be helpful here. Become consciously aware of your feet – of their position in space and their temperature, their contact with your footwear or the ground. Come out of your head for a moment, and especially out of other people’s heads. Here you are. Here. On the ground. Now: what feels like it
... See moreA lot of the time realising more in my personal life means doing less in my professional life, but I am absolutely fine with that trade off because my end goal isn’t to build a massive multimillion dollar business, it’s to build a life that’s creative and fulfilling.
Matilda Lucy • Growing a portfolio career with Anna Mackenzie
Questions to ask your friends
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Friendship was what taught me that love is an endurance sport with no finish line. You keep picking up the phone and sending your dumb texts and ordering crudo and white wine at New American restaurants and seeing movies together and asking about their families and sometimes things change and sometimes they stay the same. Disenchantment,
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