January 2011
1 post
I recently started working on a book that helps me stay consistently creative. In this process I have found so much goodness, so much to keep up with. I am now constantly seeking out projects that bring happiness and encouragement. I feel that once I am strong and passionate, I can reach out to others in a more sincere and giving way.
— a comment from a post on The Happiness Project
November 2010
10 posts
“Your vision of where or who you want to be is the greatest asset you have.”
– Paul Arden
“I’ve been thinking a lot lately about taking chances, and how it’s really just...”
– Zach Braff, Scrubs
“Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without...”
– George Sand
“Sometimes all that saves me is being willing to make mistakes. There are...”
– Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love
“The unreal is more powerful than the real. Because nothing is as perfect as you...”
– Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
“At 24? I was a real mess then. If I was to write a letter to that person, I’d...”
– Sarah Slean
“In the end, there will be nothing left for you to do besides let go.”
– Kodo Sawaki
October 2010
2 posts
“Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an...”
– Katherine Mansfield
“We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance...”
– Hunter S. Thompson
September 2010
11 posts
“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like...”
– The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
“To live every day as if it had been stolen from death, that is how I would like...”
– The Art of Racing in the Rain, Garth Stein
“Remember that there is only one important time and that is now. The present...”
– Leo Tolstoy
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of...”
– Leo Rosten
“Work as hard as you can. If you aren’t working as hard as you can, someone else...”
– Chris Gethard
balladinplainj:
Yesterday would have been...
“As Heath put it, ‘Part of the exercise of being a good person is not using your...”
– Jonathan Franzen, How To Be Alone: Essays (via ericnelson)
August 2010
2 posts
“Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just...”
– Stephen Colbert
July 2010
2 posts
“There are far too many smart, educated, talented people operating at quarter...”
– What Should I Do With My Life?
June 2010
8 posts
“I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of...”
– Leo Rosten
“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity...”
– Henry David Thoreau
“If we let ourselves, we shall always be waiting for some distraction or other to...”
– C.S. Lewis
“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are...”
– Anaïs Nin
WatchSTEPHEN FRY: WHAT I WISH I’D KNOWN WHEN I WAS 18
May 2010
3 posts
“But I’ve met a lot of people in my time on this mostly amusing planet. I’ve been...”
– Stephen Fry, on Kindness
“Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that....”
– Drew Carey
April 2010
3 posts
“If you end up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom,...”
– Frank Zappa
A Quick Thought For Positive Day
daveholmes:
The five most enthusiastic people I know are also the five busiest people I know, and the five angriest are exactly where they were when I met them.
February 2010
6 posts
“If you’re going to try, go all the way. Otherwise don’t even start. This could...”
– M. Henry Chinaski
“TECHNIQUE FOR MODERN PROSE from Jack Kerouac
LIST OF ESSENTIALS
1. Scribbled...”
– Jack Kerouac
First, care. →
jingc:
Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely.
Own your distractions, resist fiddly half-measures, and never for a minute allow yourself to believe that productivity systems, space pens, or a writing app that plays new age music while you stare at a blank page in full-screen mode can ever teach you anything about how to care.
So, first, care. Then, as you’ll happily...
January 2010
7 posts
“We measure ourselves by many standards. Our strength and our intelligence, our...”
– William James