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Free will: the script we didn’t writeEssay 2 min read
Do We Actually Have Free Will?
Maybe we don't fully have it. But if we can pause, reflect and choose with intention, that may be the little freedom we do have.
Time: cutting what wastes itPick
Life is Short
A short, honest essay on what life is too short for, and how to clear it out so there's more room for what matters.
Paul Graham · paulgraham.com
Love: looking for a person, not a typePick
Looking for Alice
A warm personal essay on finding a partner by paying attention to one particular person instead of a type, with practical thoughts on conversations that skip small talk.
Henrik Karlsson · Escaping Flatland
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Perfectionism: someone else's answer keyEssay 1 min read
Why Does Looking Fine Still Feel Like Falling Behind?
Everyone says you're doing well, and it still never feels like enough. Maybe the problem isn't your standards.
Regret: the price of choosingEssay 2 min read
Regret Comes With Choosing
On the choices we drift into, what our regrets say we care about, and what to do about it now.
Essay 4 min read
Just My Luck
Believing in luck and believing you're lucky sound almost the same. In one study, they went with very different levels of happiness.
Relationships: would you still love me?Essay 2 min read
Would You Still Love Me If I Were a Worm?
Kafka's The Metamorphosis, conditional love, and the small acts that don't keep score.
Truth: the shadows we choose to believeEssay 2 min read
People Believe What They Want to Believe
Plato's Allegory of the Cave, and the choice we face when the truth confronts us: cling to what we know, or step outside.
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Do you see yourself as lucky, or is luck something that happens to you?
What Happy People Think About Luck
Emiliana R. Simon-Thomas · Greater Good Magazine (UC Berkeley)
Daily reading
Is regret a sign you chose wrong, or just a sign you chose?
The Necessary Ache
Tara Daneshmand · Philosophy Now
Emotions: your inner state is yours to choosePick
My Emotion is My Choice
Sadhguru: How Your Mind Is Creating Your Reality
Sadhguru · YouTube