Time Capsule #134
The courage to live the life you want.
Greetings everyone,
This week’s newsletter at a glance:
Living the Life You Want.
The Joy of Being Serious.
Humility.
Bon courage!
Truth acquired by thinking of our own is like a natural limb; it alone really belongs to us.
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1778-1860)
✏️ ND
I admire people who are willing to cultivate the life that works for them. The world will press you from all sides, and in ways that will make you doubt the righteousness of what you want for yourself. People who are not afraid to do and say what they feel, who are authentic in the pursuit of themselves, and who are not afraid to let others know are a rarity to find.
I want to be better at that.
There was a time when I felt like I was there: when I was doing what I felt like I should be doing, spending my time in the way I pleased, and getting to know myself well. Perhaps I am just in a new season of life now. But I think I need to return to that: to make myself a priority more. It makes it easier for others to interact and read you when they know they can trust your words and your actions, in the sense that they represent what you truly want, and not what you think you should be doing or saying.
Many are just swept up by the current of life and don’t even realize it. I want to ride the wave — not alone, but on terms and conditions that I not only agreed to but wrote myself.
Dominus fortitudo nostra
💡 Food for Thought
“Be a man and follow me not. I found my path, so you find yours.”
🔗 Sunday Best
The Joy of Being Serious
A fantastic address by Dr. Mark Van Doren to the students of the University of Illinois
You are here, shall we all agree, because you do not yet know who you are. The purpose of education is to give you this knowledge, in whatever form and to whatever extent it may be available.
Yoga for Runners
10-minute guided stretch video.
Finding yoga was a massive game-changer for my recovery.
Pricing Design Work & Creativity — Stop Charging Hourly
Charge for value not for time.
Humility, humility, and always humility ...... Satan fears and trembles before humble souls.
—St. Padre Pio (1887-1968)
Thanks for coming!
AT