January 2012
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“Everybody gets insecure. Nobody is perfect. So you have two options. You can sit...”
– Timothy DeLaGhetto (via sweetsonofabitch)
“A most beneficial use of time is silent meditation, while searching for guidance...”
– Napoleon Hill (via hypnoticyogi)
“Persistence isn’t using the same tactics over and over. That’s just annoying.
...”
– Seth Godin (via keepsdiary)
“We are not nouns, we are verbs. I am not a thing — an actor, a writer — I am a...”
– Stephen Fry (via a-black-bird)
Don’t put people in boxes either. He’s not an addict. He has an addictive relationship to _______.
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2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal →
A long but excellent article regarding Raymond Kurzweil and the Singularity. Don’t know what that is? Think: The Matrix
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“Do not put statements in the negative form.
And don’t start sentences with a...”
– William Safire, “Great Rules of Writing”
also of note, Sylvia Plath:
“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
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Increase Your Endurance and Reduce Stress With One... →
This article is freaking brilliant. A must read for anyone who runs or meditates. I’m going to have to call it the best blog article I’ve read all year (which is only 4 days old, but still- its damn good)
Robert Augustus Masters on Leaning into Your Edge
If it’s easy, it’s not our edge. If it’s not one hell of a challenge, it’s not our edge. If it doesn’t shake us to our marrow, it’s not our edge. If it’s easily witnessed, it’s not our edge. If it doesn’t bring up huge resistance in us, resistance that can toss aside therapeutic and spiritual interventions like toothpicks in a hurricane, it’s not our edge. The edge is where the deepest...
December 2011
37 posts
How I Know My Day Is Wildly Successful
Consider this a blueprint and a checklist.
Mindful Physical Cultivation. (30min minimum) For me, this takes the form of running, a kettlebell routine, yoga, martial arts, hiking, skiing, mountain climbing, foam rolling, or practicing handstands. It could also mean trying something new.
Reading Non-Fiction and Taking Notes. (1 hour) I’m currently reading Let My People Go Surfing: The...
“May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope...”
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Neil Gaiman (via neknekmo)
GOD! this man should be cloned! i adore him! and he’s so gorgeous! i’m getting all flushed just thinking about him! ;)
haha, yes. Neil Gaiman is the man!
M.I.T. Game-Changer: Free Online Education For All
fuckyeahnerdpr0n:
For Wall Street Occupiers or other decriers of the “social injustice” of college tuition, here’s a curveball bound to scramble your worldview: a totally free college education regardless of your academic performance or background. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) will announce on Monday that they intend to launch an online learning initiative called...
“Love is distinct from desire… Because its aim is not satisfaction, but being.”
– Jacques Lacan, Seminar I, trans. John Forrester (via proustitute)
“If you want to change the world, you have to change the metaphor.”
– Joseph Campbell (via metaconscious)
Campbell is fucking brilliant…
“One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.”
– Hagakure (via mnmal)
The Samurai have some dope philosophy. Another interesting gem from this book is meditating on your own death- and making peace with it- even if its horrifically violent. My favorite book on Samurai is Musashi by Hieji Yoshikawa.
“Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give...”
– Date A Girl Who Reads (via zenhabits)
The Rat Race
keepsdiary:
Banksy.
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“Some of the most life-shaping decisions you’ll make during this time will be...”
– RELEVANT Magazine - 11 Things to Know at 25(ish)
This is very relevant in my life at the moment (for many reasons, among them: I’m going to be 25 soon)