Embrace this moment, remember. We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion. – Parabola (song) by Tool It’s easy to get demotivated when you feel like lots of stuff is going poorly. When everything …
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Best Quotes on Motivation
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Life Lessons from Taco Bell: “None of this is what I ordered”
“None of this is what I ordered,” my friend said, staring at a bag of Taco Bell tacos with broken shells, nachos without cheese, and burritos filled with something pretending to be meat. That bag …
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Does it hurt enough yet?
Humans are so strange. We continue to make the same mistakes long after we know they are mistakes. In fact, the only reason we ever change course is if continuing hurts more than changing. Usually …
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19 Habits and Strategies to Increase Efficiency, Productivity, and Happiness
Here’s a compilation of the best productivity habits and advice I’ve curated after reading tons of books, listening to podcasts, and doing plenty of my own experiments. Seeking out the good is just as important …
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A mistake repeated more than once is a decision
Letter to the 2016 version of me: How many days were just stepping stones to you? You traded hours like tokens at the arcade, thinking this accomplishing this goal or checking this box would make …
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How to stop quitting – take more breaks
There’s been a lot of times that I couldn’t keep pushing on a goal. When life wasn’t necessarily bad, but it wasn’t good either. I felt like I should be doing something productive or fun …
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Go visit a graveyard
It’s easy to upvote a carpe diem quote, but when was the last time you looked at a picture of a 6 year old girl on a tombstone smaller than all the rest? Have you …
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Best Books on Motivation
Meditations – Marcus Aurelias If practical advice is your thing it’s really hard to beat Stoicism. I’ve taken to reading a page of Meditations every morning because it is so logical and direct. Each line …
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Sometimes hard work opens better doors than the one we knocked on
Have you ever tried to type “therapists near me” into google while you were violently crying? Have you gone to the gym for the 2nd time that day and stared at the mirror at the …
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Today’s pain is one page in your story – not the only page
I know sometimes you feel like you’re falling apart. I know life can feel pointless. When you’re this far underwater you can’t really feel the light from the surface – you just feel cold and …