The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck 👌🏻 a must read.
“The more you desperately want to be rich, the more poor and unworthy you feel, regardless of how much money you make. The more you desperately want to be sexy or desired, the uglier you come to see yourself, regardless of your actual appearance. The more you desperately want to be happy and loved, the lonelier and more afraid you become, regardless of those who surround you. The more you want to be spiritually enlightened, the more self-centered and shallow you become in trying to get there. You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life”. – an excerpt from Mark Manson’s book, “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck”. I’m only 10 pages in and my mood has improved significantly. 👌🏼
The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things most shameful and vile.
Plato, Laws (via philosophybits)
Writing advice from my uni teachers:
If your dialog feels flat, rewrite the scene pretending the characters cannot at any cost say exactly what they mean. No one says “I’m mad” but they can say it in 100 other ways.
Wrote a chapter but you dislike it? Rewrite it again from memory. That way you’re only remembering the main parts and can fill in extra details. My teacher who was a playwright literally writes every single script twice because of this.
Don’t overuse metaphors, or they lose their potency. Limit yourself.
Before you write your novel, write a page of anything from your characters POV so you can get their voice right. Do this for every main character introduced.
Spartan Up: It’s All About Your Desires says Naval Ravikant
“Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.” - W. Churchill
just like malware is short for “malicious software”, delaware is short for “delicious software”
It's not that difficult to understand!
Wanderer, there is no way, you make the way as you go... Just a wanderer enjoying the rollercoaster.
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