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Thoughts triggering thoughts. Learning on the go. Novel in progress. Musing in Tokyo.
If you are busy all the time, you arenβt serious about your creative goals, your mind needs space to think originally.
Keeping the promises youβve been making to yourself is the antidote to anxiety. There is no reason to feel anxious when life keeps getting better year after year.
Many people who are trying to be βgood peopleβ end up bitter and unhappy, because people kept taking advantage of their kindness, because they were too busy helping others to invest in themselves, because they never built the life they truly wanted and never ended up with theβ¦
If there was a tutorial to life, it would actually be quite simple: 1) Read books to avoid the common time-wasting mistakes, most of the wisdom you need for a happy life is actually written down in timeless novels 2) Accumulate a wide range of experiences and meet a lot ofβ¦
People with too much free time live in their mind, imagine a lot of negative things about how you might be secretly viewing them, then come up with unnecessary drama; people with clear goals are great to hang out with precisely because they are barely thinking about you at all.
Many people think they are smart because they spend a lot of time in their mind thinking about all sorts of things, but overthinking is actually a sign of average intelligence, smart people spend more time acting decisively than thinking, that's how they got the life they wanted.
Train like an athlete Read like a scholar Love like a parent Dream like an artist Plan like a scientist Journal like an introvert Invest like an immortal Listen like a mentor Be curious like a kid Be humble like a beginner Be bold like you still have everything to prove
Every parent who suffered wants their children to have better opportunities than they had: once you understand it, you won't waste the time you have here, you will strive for the best version of yourself, you know that's the best way to show that their sacrifices meant something.
A common mistake that smart people do is getting involved in politics thinking that being factual, logical, rational will change peopleβs minds Most people only hear what validates their past decisions, they donβt want uncomfortable truths that would actually improve their lives
Your circle of friends reflects your core values, if you are actually a good person, you have nothing to worry about, and if you donβt like what you see, itβs time to change.
If you are serious about your goal, you will always find a way no matter how many detours it takes; and if you are not serious about your goal, you will always find an excuse no matter how much support you get.
If you are still lucky to have close family and friends in their seventies, eighties, nineties, you are actually blessed, listen with an open mind, they might not be the best version of themselves anymore, but you are getting a glimpse of where you are headed too regardless ofβ¦
Itβs never too late to take the time to explore who you could be, where you could live, who you could write your next chapters together with, but sooner or later, you need the courage to believe and commit to something, so many people in their twenties who rightly thought theyβ¦
The less you obsess about the destination, the more you will enjoy the ride.
The right direction in life is full of painful rejections, you should actually be concerned if the journey doesn't hurt at all.