The real reason you're tired all the time: It's not your workload. It's your open loops. The text you haven't answered. The apology you owe. The decision you're avoiding. The conversation you keep postponing. These run in the background of your mind all day, draining your

All the lessons of life can be found in the elements, in the seasons, and in the life and death cycles of all living and non living things.

a lot of productivity grindset mentality is: force yourself to do the thing you're avoiding, you weakling but i'm leaning into this new mindset of: do what's most alive for a while. from that place of abundance, joy, and resourcing, ask the question "what must be done"

the biggest thing I’ve noticed in my most agentic friends is that their internal questioning is never “can I do this thing,” and rather: “Will I do this thing? And how can I make it extremely fun?”

Sorry to interrupt your scrolling but, i hope life gets better for you

I feel like Magpies have more soul and spirit that some people I see in LA.

If you don't actively steer your life, comfort and normalcy will make the decisions for you. Mediocrity has a gravity that everyone succumbs to unless they are actively fighting against it day after day.

The brain you have at 50 is not the brain you were born with. It's the brain you built through decades of repeated thoughts and actions. Neuroplasticity means you're always under construction. The only question is whether you're the architect or just letting random contractors

“Asking is a moment’s shame; not asking is a lifetime’s shame” — Japanese Proverb

Went to the Oreo website and hit accept all cookies. Now we wait.

a good chunk of the hours in my life go towards something I call "unstructured slow body timeline" - clearing and re-establishing psyche-space from which I can hear myself again. some people get this immediately and others don't; today I sent this excerpt to explain it

Her little world is so big 🥹

I break all the spells that keep me asleep to my own magic

We're doing the "Blender" game again There is a large blender. Everyone in the world has to decide whether to step into the blender. If at least 50% of the people do step into the blender, it will be unable to overcome their inertia to get started, and everyone survives. If

People don't realize how absurd this view actually is. A camera. On a robot. On Mars. Built by humans on a planet 140 million miles away, launched on a rocket, landed using a sky crane, and now driving across an alien desert taking pictures so detailed you can count the rocks.

The mind is a powerful place and what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way. Tobi Lutke tobi lutke on how you can literally change the way you think and act: “I was terrified of public speaking until I sat down for a week and every day I spent 10 minutes just writing that I

happiness as an upward spiral

being healthily loved looks like • emotionally intelligent conversations • unexplainable trust and safety • they reaffirm their love for you consistently • they take your emotions/perspectives seriously without calling them silly • you feel like you can tell them

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

Years ago I spent almost 3 weeks at a remote spot on the Oregon Coast. I was there alone. Built a driftwood shack, ate wild fennel, clams, drank from a spring. Might've seen another person every 2-3 days; never spoke. Absolutely "one-shotted" me. Haven't been the same since.