Sylvie
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Sylvie
Boredom is when you do the dishes, run the errand you’ve been putting off, respond to the text you’ve left on read. Boredom is when you bring a book to read on the subway or make small talk with the person in front of you in line about how slow the pharmacy is. Boredom is when you do the things that make you feel like you have life under control.... See more
Nick Catucci • You might just have to be bored
a life task, which emerges, by definition, from whatever your life circumstances are. It’s what’s being asked of you, with your particular skills, resources and personality traits, in the place where you actually find yourself.
Oliver Burkeman • Meditations for Mortals
We need temples. We need holidays. We need moments that are offering us a chance to step out of the daily pressures. And the reality that life has a lot of pain and a lot of stress along with its many joys. So being able to have a space where we can truly sort of experience the freedom to be our full human self outside of those immediate daily... See more
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Lear deBessonet on Stagecraft podcast
https://podcastmagic.app/podcast/35cb9298-364a-4bfb-a80d-eb3d0d452906
People do not decide their futures, they decide their habits and their habits decide their futures.” —F. M. Alexander
The One Thing Quotes by Gary Keller
“Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant.” – P.T. Barnum
Most purposes for gatherings feel worthy and respectable but are also basic and bland: “We’re hosting a welcome dinner so that our new colleague feels comfortable in our tight-knit group,” or “I’m throwing a birthday party to look back on the year.” These are purposes, but they fail at the test for a meaningful reason for coming together: Does it
... See morePriya Parker • The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
This Is Not Over Yet
youtube.comWe need to remember that the market is not the economy, and the economy is not the market. And the economy makes me very worried about food banks. Children are hungry, people are hungry. And when kids can’t eat they can’t pay attention in school, and if they can’t pay attention in school they can’t be good students; they can’t move forward in the... See more
Matt Heimer • FORTUNE: The Best Financial Strategies for Surviving a Recession in 2023 from 3 Top Advisers — Modernist University
