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Taking the leap is not some irrational act that is driven by the passions. When you understand the asymmetrical nature of manageable concerns vs. unimaginable benefits, taking the leap is no longer an emotional jump, but a logical next step toward the life you want to lead.
Lawrence Yeo • The Day You Decided to Take the Leap
Oliver Burkeman's Last Column: The Eight Secrets to a (Fairly) Fulfilled Life
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We believe emotion is energy in motion. So to discharge, we move, we breathe, we make sound and we dance, so we are never too scared to feel our rawest emotions and we don’t store them in our bodies.
instagram.com • Psalm 27:1-2 Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the
The reason we’re alive is to express ourselves in the world. And creating art may be the most effective and beautiful method of doing so. Art goes beyond language, beyond lives. It’s a universal way to send messages between each other and through time.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
That desire isn't an indulgence. It's the actual job. The producer's role is to create conditions where artists can take risks the market hasn't learned to price. To find the 26-year-old in a Brooklyn warehouse making something genuinely strange, and bet on her before anyone else understands what she's doing.The infrastructure to support this... See more
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Following your own ideas and instincts is how we create genuine confidence and craft in our work. True satisfaction is achieved by liberating ourselves from desiring the approval of others. While others might triumphantly social climb into various inner rings, it’s only from pursuing our own path that we find lasting fulfillment.
Yancey Strickler • When Your Purpose Is 1-of-1
The advice here is: go into the shed. Don't do anything yet, just look around. Observe and take stock. Make the space your own. And the first solutions will present themselves. A number of items will change hands and be donated to others. Other things will wait until that Saturday afternoon when you say to yourself, ‘And now it’s time to clean out
... See moreIncluded in Olver Burkeman’s ‘Just go to the shed’ essay - how to befriend your rats and come at anxiety inducing tasks thinking about what you are willing to go and starting there