"The epiphany I had in my career in randomness came when I understood that I was not intelligent enough, nor strong enough, to even try to fight my emotions." - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

what makes me optimistic about the world is I spend most of my time alongside people committed to improving it

in Naarm today. all we have is each other.

You’re allowed to have 2 nights a week where you are extremely cynical and closed off to the world if u vow to use the other 5 nights to see the light and love in everything around you

Thomas Bossard (born 1971) Méditation.

11 times table

Always flirt and date people you REALLY find attractive...in your mind they must be the hottest person ever....becs trust me the fights will happen...and when it does happen "But she's soooooo hot" ... helps a lot to keep the relationship going

Daniel There’s usually a reason but girls are too “nice” to say what it is so they leave their former friend suffering for years, constantly wondering what small grievance wrecked years of friendship

hug to you by checksy

once u start going to the gym, u realise that going to the gym is actually the easiest and fun-est bit. eating clean, getting 8 hrs of sleep, actively managing stress are actually the HARD things

― Virginia Woolf

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don’t lose your sweet whimsy, yes, but also don’t lose your political rage!

I think about the Crane Wife essay a lot

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One problem with nuclear games is that their consequences are so hard to fathom. The person who sits down, sandwich in hand, to work out the details of a war plan involving 600 million casualties is surely disconnected from reality in some fashion. Ironically, a thoughtful