Last updated 2021 April 14.
We’ve figured out how to get exactly what we think we want, and none of what we need.
Relax like you’re about to be executed.
If you walk into a dead end in a maze, you don’t conclude, “Fuck! I’ve failed!”
There is a sweeter kind of freedom.
Stoicism: A summary of a philosophy which has done me considerable good.
Solitude deprivation: Are you depriving yourself of solitude?
To have more options is not necessarily better!
Deliberately inject randomness into your decisions.
Deviate from what’s typical to win a winner-takes-all game.
Be an imperfectionist. Squeeze individual lemons inefficiently to be efficient overall.
When listening to advice from others, expect to achieve only as much as they have.
We may have to force ourselves to do not-yet-habitual activities, even if we enjoy them greatly.
Start as simply as possible and assume that motivation is fickle.
You are flawed, but you don’t have to be flawed about being flawed.