Stop trying to be perfect at everything. Try, fail, and learn like those crazy kindergarteners who smoked the competition in the Spaghetti Problem. And I do mean literally; a study showed that we're more creative when we think like a kid. We don't like to admit it, but often we really don't know what we want. — Eric Barker(resource) Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
At this moment you aren't on a journey, but wandering about being driven from place to place, even though what you seek — to live well — is found in all places more full of confusion than the Forum? Yet even there you can live at peace, if needed. — Seneca, Moral Letters, 28.5b-6a
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August 6th: There is always more room to maneuver than you think
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
Apply yourself to thinking through difficulties — hard times can be softened, tight squeezes widened, and heavy loads made lighter for those who can apply the right pressure. — Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 10.4b
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
It is said that if you would have peace of mind, busy yourself a little. But wouldn't a better saying be do what you must and as required of a rational being created for public life? For this brings not only the peace of mind of doing few things, but the greater peace of doing them well. Since the vast majority of our words and actions are unnecessary, corralling them will create an abundance of leisure and tranquility. As a result, we shouldn't forget at each moment to ask, is this one of the unnecessary things? But we must corral not only unnecessary actions but unnecessary thoughts , too, so needless acts don't tag along after them. — Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 4.24
Ryan Holiday, The 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
We should take wandering outdoor walks, so that the mind might be nourished and refreshed by the open air and deep breathing. —Seneca, On Tranquility of Mind, 17.8
