Give your mind a break. From people. From phones. From the constant hustle of life. Spend some alone time just with yourself. Do nothing. Be bored. Stare at a crack in the wall. Look out the window. Watch how shadows move. Listen to a piece of music that's 300 years old. Read Hegel. Read Aristotle. Read Dostoevsky. The minds that are still relevant today. Slow down enough to experience things deeply again. Don't consume something just because it's trending. Be loyal to your own curiosities. Your own interests. Your own idiosyncrasies. If you want to live a life that feels alive, protect the parts of yourself this world keeps trying to distract you from.
“I love being at home. My life is very simple. I reada lot of books. I watch a lot of films. I listen to a lot of music. I tend the garden. I cook with my family. Yeah, I'm boring.”
— Cillian Murphy
@Thusi_Kumar can’t imagine what went through their heads in those moments… the fear in their faces. Couldn’t even bring myself to heart this video. Some cruelty is just too heavy to process.
The basketball legend Michael Jordan once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
You're not a failure until you quit trying.
The less we fear failure, the more energy we free up to learn, adapt, and try again.