Nick's Bookish Corner

📕❤️ Enjoying life one page at a time - Do the right thing. Do what works. Be kind.

software engineer | husband | father

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There's something special about finding a quiet moment with a good book, isn't there?

It's like discovering a little sanctuary where the world makes sense, even if just for a while.

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@araseb_ Building something I want to use.

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"These are the characteristics of the rational soul: self-awareness, self-examination, and self-determination. It reaps its own har-vest... It succeeds in its own purpose..."

— MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS

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@AdinUpdate Who are these people and why are they on my timeline?! 🧐

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@readswithravi 🙋🏻‍♂️

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@ThePrimeagen Again …

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@TheGreatB00ks I need to read that book

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"Believe me, it's better to produce the balance-sheet of your own life than that of the grain market."

—SENECA, ON THE BREVITY OF LIFE

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*It isn't events themselves that disturb people, but only their judgments about them."

— EPICTETUS

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I need to remember this.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Yutori: A Japanese concept of spaciousness.

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@ThePrimeagen You can say that again! The moment I open the door, he’s there welcoming me with a huge smile, my child.

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@itsnwts Even better, I made one for my child 😁

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How many of you are guilty of this?

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"Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions."

—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS,

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@AlexAndBooks_ Consistency is key 🔑

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"You are not your body and hair-style, but your capacity for choosing well. If your choices are beautiful, so too will you be."

—EPICTETUS, DISCOURSES

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@readswithravi Great advice!

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“When it comes to your goals and the things you strive for, ask your-self: Am I in control of them or they in control of me?”

— The Daily Stoic

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@chefsevenn Bread

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"Yesterday's the past, tomorrow's the future, but today is a gift. That's why it's called the present."

— Bil Keane

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A happy life is not a life without struggle, it's a life with meaningful struggle.