Liz Olson

"It’s strange to be here. The mystery never leaves you.” Poetry. Awe. Health. Proper Work. Keeper of yearwithmary.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@ptichushka Rollerbladed to dinner tonight. Good to remember that you can just do the things you like doing, which are often the things you liked doing as a kid.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@majamediaco @visakanv “Attention is the beginning of devotion” -Mary Oliver

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@SethDillon That scene is a favorite. So is that feeling.

Beautiful post.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@majamediaco Ellen Langer: “change a word or two here or there and you get vastly different results”

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

I think about this post every time my phone rings, iMessage dings, new email comes in from “Lauren” or “Matt”. Still usable, but the spam floodgates have opened.

[Nikita Bier @nikitabier]

Prediction: In less than 90 days, all channels that we thought were safe from spam & automation will be so flooded that they will no longer be usable in any functional sense: iMessage, phone calls, Gmail.

And we will have no way to stop it.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@KTmBoyle @SpaceX If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@BretWeinstein I love this. I admire those who found and chose theirs early. To have all those years together—what a gift. I also know many who found their partner later in life. Life shaped them separately into people who could continue to shape each other. Commitment is beautiful.

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@JezziiB A more nuanced shift happened for me. From super ambitious climb the ladder to super motivated to build a work life that would give me full control over how, when, and how much I worked. Something I could dial up or down as my life and desires evolved.

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@psychfox @PaulSkallas Which signals openness, which increases overall attractiveness. An unexpected loop.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@psychfox @PaulSkallas Yes, this. Exact same thing I just tried to express, but you said it better. Attractiveness as buffer against perception of grossness.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@lovedropx Reminds me of another favorite of hers, from Upstream: “You must not ever stop being whimsical. And you must not, ever, give anyone else the responsibility for your life.”

[Henrik Karlsson @phokarlsson]

“Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born."— Anaïs Nin

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@2irl4u Problem is San Francisco treats violent criminals as pedestrians, leaving everyone vulnerable.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

“Girl, but wish I was a boy!” was my story too. Boy hair, boy clothes, boy underwear, boy shoes, boy energy. No one made a big deal about it. What a gift.

[Allie ✞ @allie__voss]

At this age I was constantly being asked if I was a boy or girl, and constantly responding "Girl, but I wish I were a boy!"

If I'd been born 10 years later, some well-meaning teacher would have convinced me to be trans

We need to just let girls be awkward tomboys 🧵

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@lauramatsue Yes. And hang out with friends in person, talk for hours on the couch or over dinner.

[Liz Olson @iamlizolson]

@michaeljknowles Favorite. A joy to watch, every time.

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@lapislagoons Excellent advice for later in life friendships too.

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@overton_news Love him. His point on solar panels reminds me of California schools in 2020 era - debating whether school's names were racist and what they should be renamed while the schools were... closed.

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@theliamnissan Me never buying more than I need so I can go to the grocery store every day.