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IDEAS THAT MAKE SENSE:
Slowing down is the new speeding up - Getting out in nature, taking breaks and being more present can lead to increased productivity.
No more goals - There is something about having fewer goals that makes life simpler.
Thinking about death helps you appreciate life - I mean seriously, the perspective is real.
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Hey, how’s it going?
The weather here has been a pile of crap recently and it’s weird how much that affects your mood? If the sky is crying somehow it makes me feel like crying… is that just me? Anyway, on to the good stuff.
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the point of having goals, like seriously, what is the point? I’ve thought instead about the benefit of having more mindful practices. So instead of “I want to be an NYT bestseller” it changes to “I want to show up and enjoy my writing every day”. Either way, I’m still writing every day but it just feels less daunting, you know? It was sparked from writing this piece:
I Tried the ‘Successful CEO Morning Routine’ (Well, Sort Of)
A snippet:
The morning routine has become somewhat of a modern-day phenomenon.
For some reason, we’re interested in how strangers over the internet start their day. Interested in the wrong word. Obsessed that’s better. We’re obsessed.
In fact, things have even gotten a little weird.
Anyone that professes to wake up at 5 is, take a cold shower, spending 15 minutes as a downward dog, and neck a spinach smoothie before going for an ‘easy’ 5k, holds godlike powers.
AROUND THE WEB IN 2 MINUTES
COOL PEOPLE
Devon Price - what a killer piece this is: Laziness Does Not Exist.
Leo Sharp - Why I Love Being an Unsuccessful Creator is magic.