This post was first sent to my newsletter on December 14th, 2020. You really ought to subscribe :) When I am among the trees, especially the willows and the honey locust, equally the beech, the oaks and the pines, they give off such hints of gladness. I would almost say that they save me, and daily. I am so distant from the hope of myself, in which I have goodness, and discernment, and never hurry through the world but walk slowly, and bow often. ...
Ryan Holiday writes about 11 expressions that you will help you with life. I have always used Memento Mori and Amor Fati. This list has several more! Festina Lente Carpe Diem Fac, si facis Quidvis recte factum quamvis humile praeclarum Semper Fidelis (Always Faithful) Per Angusta Ad Augusta Amor fati Fatum Ingenium Est Semper Anticus Vivere Militare Est Memento Mori Go on, read about what they mean and how they can change you. P.S. Subscribe to my mailing list! Forward these posts and letters to your friends and get them to subscribe! P.P.S. Feed my insatiable reading habit. ...
via Vishal Khandelwal Vishal has a lovely article, on the shortness of life, over at Safal Niveshak. That is where I stole the beautiful picture above from. (you can click the pic for a larger version.) “So you must match time’s swiftness with your speed in using it, and you must drink quickly as though from a rapid stream that will not always flow.” —Seneca ...
In the vein of the old zen koan about enlightenment or Seth’s drip by drip approach to affecting change in the world, James Clear offers a simple 3 step process to becoming a writer (or painter, or programmer, or guitarist, weight loss person, or gymnast.) Publish on a schedule. Consistency develops ability. Share your writing publicly. Writing is a magnet. It attracts like-minded people. Write about what fascinates you. You don’t need to be an expert. Curiosity leads to expertise. It’s simple. It’s not easy :) Walking the path as I have, I can attest to both, its difficulty as well as its efficacy :) ...
In the run up to exams in a few months, my life has turned super busy again. So once again, I turn to wiser people and the things that inspire me, to keep my writing habit going :) Let’s start with Ryan Holiday. In his post, Ryan Holiday Picks 20 Books to Help You Live Better in 2020, he concludes with a sage paragraph on the benefits of re reading books that matter. ...
Want to know what I was up to, with my reading last year? The whole big list is here. I read in November and December too, but some books you just … cannot :) via the ever creative, Tom Gauld If you want to see the books I read over and over again, every single year, here is my Lindy list. ...