i'm reading 'there is always this year' right now which is making me think about 4thousand weeks, "It has always been impermanence, beloveds."
id rather suggest some cool fiction, but ive found it too personal for this question. everyone should read 4 thousand weeks. i think its helpful.
Oct 31, 2024
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I haven’t finished it yet, but the title makes it sound like a Silicon Valley-ass productivity self help book but it’s NOT! It’s quite literally the opposite! I attached a better description of the book :)
Jun 13, 2024
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Cute & pithy subversion of ”wherever you go, there you are”, the mantra that basically ruled my life for three years. Gave me recognition of agency that I sorely needed when surrendering myself to my circumstances and making peace with everything just wasn’t cutting it.
Happens to be the title of a short essay from All Things Are Too Small by Becca Rothfeld, an essay collection that turned me upside down, held me by the ankle, and shook me until a whole bunch of unquestioned Goods fell right out of my worldview, including (the subject of this essay!!) western meditation and the self control in pursuit of indifference that is its ultimate stated aim.
This essay in particular I think goes on for a little too long but hey!! Excess and indulgence in all things sex and love and thought and beauty and worldly items - each are handled completely separately and thoughtfully and wittily and I can’t blame her for making the words and passages themselves as lush and voluminous as their subjects reportedly ought to be. If you read it (I hope you do!!!) it’ll change the way and depth in which you think about Something and it won’t even be the thing you expect
Aug 8, 2024
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some of my favorite… transcendence quotes come from this book. it’s all about the joy and beauty of life in it’s seasons. i listen to the audiobook regularly if i’m stressed or restless. i recommend a second hand paperback, it’s just too good to not mark up. also, rereads go hard as fuck because different truths phase in and out in different periods of your life. a short must read.
Sep 28, 2024
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• cost effective
• immensely flexible
• tastes great
• probably good for you
tricks i've learned in my granola journey:
• more dried fruit than just raisins
• put on top of Fage full fat yogurt
• egg white, oat bran, flax
Mar 28, 2024
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on technology, "advancement", and our shared future
its also very tiny
Dec 3, 2024