The spiritual moment when you go out to eat alone at night in another country

People go from 23 to 30, 30 to 40, etc. in an accelerative exponential, because most people stop learning, investigating, and having new experiences in their early 20s. If you want life to move slowly, cultivate a childlike wonder about *everything*.

taste has two dimensions 1. knowing what you like 2. being able to articulate why

It does 😮‍💨 ThisChord Club

there's no such thing as being "too" self-aware. the problem is that you're using your self-awareness to shame & judge yourself, rather than using it to love & laugh with yourself

People don’t seem to understand that humans need joy on a biological level. You are not doing the right thing by acting like small celebrations are a betrayal.

part of what makes people feel miserable about the UK is the collective belief that it is a miserable place, a lot the misery is purely perspective. It has its challenges but if we look at it objectively it’s still one of the best places to live in the world

Ryan Coogler opens up about his regrets while working alongside Chadwick Boseman: "I was about 30 years old, stressed, completely out of my mind, sleep-deprived, convinced that the movie wasn’t going to work. I robbed myself of truly enjoying that privilege — even of sitting

you think you're free but you don't allow yourself to be wrong or stupid, so how free are you

i’ve been eating plantain all week, absolutely finished my brazil body before i’ve even landed

At no point in human history have we been subjected to so much life advice from complete strangers, be very careful about whose words you take to heart, they're selling their path and know nothing of yours

and even then. they’ll gaslight you into oblivion for calling it out

You have to move on from people who love you in theory but find the requirements of practice to be too difficult

Sometimes I think I don't have ADHD and then I catch myself looking at a map of Malta when I'm supposed to be sending emails

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it’s self neglect when you talk badly about someone you know deep down you should be learning from

let’s gooooo … welcome to the aprtment mix by Chuckie Lothian out tomorrow … this one had some much needed reggae to heal the soul and of course r&b #aprtmentlife track id: back to life (s.t.y.a & pure re-work) #rnb #djmixes #djset

“Excellence” can be relatable too. Folks just choose not to rise up to that challenge.

if your constant self-analysis is aimed at trying to "fix" yourself, you're just reinforcing the narrative that you're broken and that wound is what's shaping your current experience... so maybe a heavy-handed disciplinary approach is not the way