Barbara
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Barbara
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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 moreTim Wu • The Tyranny of Convenience
Cashing in for short-term pleasure leads to long-term agony.
— Ray Dalio
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Ever throw a rock into a rolling ocean full of waves? Pretty uneventful.
But have you ever dropped a tiny pebble into a lake that's as still as a sheet of paper? And then watched it, like... Ripple forever?
That's how you should treat visualisation.
Make your mind as still as a country lake. That way, when you drop the faintest thought into it late
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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
Less obviously, one’s photo-a-day catalog creates a large improvement to memory. Just as hearing a few lyrics can recall to you an entire song, having a catalog of photos that spans years allows you to easily recall what was happening say, two years ago this time, or how some project was going, or remind you just how long it took, or that it happe
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