(via Book review of Jon Morris’s The League of Regrettable Superheroes | Open Letters Monthly – an Arts and Literature Review) Source: openlettersmonthly.com
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Philosopher Mary Fisher said: “People should live every day like they’re going to be alive for the remainder of their natural life span. Living each day like it’s your last actually a terrible idea Source: thedailymash.co.uk
(via No regrets? Why not? | Life and style | The Guardian) Source: theguardian.com
Once you grasp this, the modern mantra of “no regrets” begins to look not courageous but fear-based: a desperate, panicky effort to avoid future sadness. By contrast, and paradoxically, amor fati offers a more full-throated way of overcoming regret: by accepting it. It’s not a matter of making bold choices “before it’s too late”, but …
(via Paralyzed By Doubt? Here’s A Guide For The Worrier In Us All : Shots – Health News : NPR) Source: NPR
The conclusion of the book provides advice on avoiding blunders. …make a realistic effort to slow our rush to judgment before all the relevant facts are in. If we could grow more comfortable with the uncertainty around us, our daily blunders would not be as great. All kinds of daily interactions would be altered if …
As children, we harbor ideals for how the world and our lives could be; as adults, we gain bitter experience of how often reality falls short. Growing up means refusing to scurry back into childhood’s unsullied ideals – yet *also* declining to give in to cynical resignation. It’s about tolerating the tension between how things …
Links: Standing Desks
We had a discussion at work recently about how much we sit, standing desks, treadmill desks, etc. So I did about 90 minutes of searching and came up with the following digest of items that I thought covered the topic fairly well. This will be my starting point if the topic comes up again in …
I’m a writer but I’m also a teacher and having been successful at both I can tell you that people who say things like “Those who can, do; those who can’t, teach,” ought to try to teach. It is hard to be a teacher…. I have dedicated my life to art but honestly, in many …
Here’s a polite person’s trick, one that has never failed me. I will share it with you because I like and respect you, and it is clear to me that you’ll know how to apply it wisely: When you are at a party and are thrust into conversation with someone, see how long you can …
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