Be boring. Read. Write. Walk. Work. Workout. Spend time with friends and family. Sleep. If that ain’t the good life, I don’t know what is.

Karlyn Pickens threw a record breaking 78.2mph softball pitch. From a 43 foot mound, this is the equivalent of trying to hit a 110.03mph baseball pitch. WITH RISE.

Scrolling social media makes it harder to read books because it trains your brain to discard previous context in order to understand the next thing, whereas understanding the next thing in a book requires retaining previous context.

Woke up early. There was no worm.

I'm begging everyone who hasn't yet to read this book. The premise, about a man living in an infinite house, is terrifically inventive, and it goes in a direction you don't expect. No other living author writes with such a keen sense of horror & beauty. The book of the decade.

what’s it called when you’re very smart but can’t remember anything and know literally nothing

F. Scott Fitzgerald, can you feel it

i'm 27. Instead of regretting that I can't wake up to age 18 again, I pretend to myself that I'm 90 and I've woken up at age 27 again, and that I get to magically, wonderfully have the next 63 years again.

idk what you're doing on October 21, but if it doesn't involve driving out to the darkest, most remote location you can think of and stargazing all throughout the night, you're doing life incorrectly the Orionids meteor shower AND a visible comet how could you miss this??

Moon has been nuts lately. You need to be noticing the moon.

When You Start Making Good Money, Do This: 1. Buy fewer clothes, but wear the highest quality. 2. Eat premium food, not junk 3. Hire a helper for household chores. Buy back your time. 4. Upgrade your mattress. Sleep changes everything. 5. Invest in experiences, not just stuff.

[1/4] Once again, I am going to share my controversial opinion on doing a PhD. I am not saying that you shouldn't do one, but I am saying that you need to be cautious and realistic. A PhD does not guarantee a career, especially in academia.

[4/4] It is true that a PhD can be a wonderful experience. But this is certainly not the case for many of the students I have met. For many, I think that doing a PhD is a sacrifice that makes little sense and only gives the illusion of intellectual freedom in return. In my case,

i’d still be cold

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about to use y=mx+b to figure out the slope of the line you just crossed

stop the algorithm brain rot. take lots of time off tech. read old books. watch long movies. sit in silence every morning. meditate. go to museums. go outside, touch grass, play sports. write. listen to classical music. be a silly goose. retain your humanity at all costs.

It's like they all want to work from 5' to 3'! #biology #science

Ernest Hemingway's reading list. His taste was impeccable.

More people should know about Project Gutenberg. It makes reading classics so accessible to everyone.