Barbara
@barbara
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Barbara
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i want to create my job. not hunt it
But we err in presuming convenience is always good, for it has a complex relationship with other ideals that we hold dear. Though understood and promoted as an instrument of liberation, convenience has a dark side. With its promise of smooth, effortless efficiency, it threatens to erase the sort of struggles and challenges that help give
... See morenytimes.com • Opinion | the Tyranny of Convenience
If you try to find time for your most valued activities by first dealing with all the other important demands on your time, in the hope that there’ll be some left over at the end, you’ll be disappointed. So if a certain activity really matters to you – a creative project, say, though it could just as easily be nurturing a relationship, or activism
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Embrace your limits. Change your life. Make your four thousand weeks count.
most important thing first and i decide what is important to me. not for others
When someone responds in a way you didn’t expect, ask them, “What did you hear me say?” Most of the time, the other person heard something incorrect. Follow up with “I’m glad I asked; let me try that again.”
Superhuman
So if you want to remember something, convert it into an image and store it in a familiar place in your mind.
philosophyforlife.org • Mind Palaces: The Art of Psycho-Technics, or Soul-Craft — Philosophy for Life
but even then we alter the image based on our biases and subjective experiences
i can just write stuff here i guess
"To do the work, we need to rest, to read, to reconnect. It is the invisible labor that makes creative life possible."
