83 Thoughts For Life, Existential Dilemmas, Observations And More
Michael Jackson has said he was profoundly lonely all the time.
Michael Jackson has said he was profoundly lonely all the time.
The bravest thing we could do is confront reality as it is.
Usually things happen in precisely the opposite order. To think that you will be more awake after a gym session than relaxing isn’t what we usually want to hear. It’s the truth, though.
When culture around you creates a Bieber out of Buddha you’re bound to bring the same kind of fever.
Make a commitment. No list is going to replace this simple rule. Commit and everything will follow. Flail in the direction you want to head and you will slowly find yourself closer and closer to where you want to be.
I love digging into one book and then another and another. There is so much fascinating information out there.
You’ll have to study and organize information which means you’re going to need to understand it. There’s probably no better way to learn about a topic than to write a book about it.
Basically every other day I don’t know what I want to do with my life. Buddha said to let go of…
This tendency to tell stories can go too far. We easily succumb to the narrative fallacy. We can see tidy stories when the reality is chaos. It’s no surprise the neocortex also tries to tell us we need our lives to fit into a neat story. We need to fit ourselves into a narrative with a great purpose.
“Son, one day you are going to be hurt on a level that is unfathomable. One day everything you believe now is going to be shot in the face and you’re going to be left with an existential void that you’ll spend the rest of your life trying to figure out or forget.”