Why You Might Need an Adventure
He discovered that he felt most alive when he was doing something difficult, like navigating a steep ascent, or finding his way through a ravine. He thinks this experience saved him.
Johann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
The monotony of life contains a reservoir of ways to find relief, if we can only muster the courage and energy to dive in instead of opting out. If today you find yourself bored with your work—perhaps surfing around and reading some random essay on happiness—you may have just gotten a signal from the universe that it’s time for your spirit to evolv... See more
Arthur C. Brooks • Kierkegaard’s Three Ways to Live More Fully
A road diverges in the woods, and we have a choice. The safe one and the dangerous one. The one that pays well and the one that teaches a lot. The one that people understand and the one they don’t. The one that challenges us and the one that doesn’t.
It’s the cumulative result of these choices that leads to a life worth writing about, or a life wort
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To get the biggest and most interesting payoffs, you have to start by chasing merely interesting novelty in an open-ended way.