“A time to get and a time to lose,
a time to keep and a time to cast away;
a time for love and a time to hate;
a time of war and a time of peace.”
— from Dune (The Dune Sequence Book 1) by Frank Herbert
Tag: quotes
Bohemian Rhapsody
Freddie you’re burning the candle at both ends!
Oh dear, but the glow is so divine…
This movie is just so beautiful, even without the music. I should just listen to R and watch the movie she recommends. She probably knows my taste way better than I do.
Productivity tip: write things down
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.
—David Allen, GTD for Teens
The more I hold in my head, the more my head flips around between thoughts, the less focused I am, the less productive I am.
Just write the thought down, bring it to a (temporary) closure, and focus on the task at hand.
The cure is salt water
The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.
– Isak Dinesen
Distraction, the universal motivator?!
(Exercise) it’s distracting. And, distraction is a universal human motivator.
Alex, in Casual
P.S.: I’m not working out today, and am bored the heck out!
Be a pal, not a dick.
I don’t need sympathy or special consideration because, ultimately, who cares? You hate me, and I hate me, too. We are on the same team. I guess what I’m saying is that maybe we could all just mind our own fucking business for once, and that when you can actually see a person’s scars, maybe be a pal and don’t pick at them.
Samantha Irby, in ‘We are never meeting in real life’
On destiny…
“I have noticed even people who claim everything is predestined, and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.”
— Stephen Hawking
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
— Charles Bukowski (from today’s Economist Espresso)
Swimming, the anti-depressant
Natural water has always held the magical power to cure. Somehow or other, it transmits its own self-regenerating powers to swimmers. I can dive in with a long face and what feels like a terminal case of depression, and come out a whistling idiot.
-Roger Deakin, in “Swimming”
Sidin’s 2018 resolutions…
Resolutions:
1. Run a half-marathon
2. Blog
3. Don’t be an asshole
4. Read a lot
5. Podcast
6. Don’t be an asshole despite having read a lot
7. Learn to drive
8. Write better
9. Shave more often
10. Call home more often
11. Walk Hadrian’s Wall
12. Make new real-life friends.
– Sidin, on Twitter
As new year resolution lists go, this is a really good one.
I like this even more because it makes me feel good about the number of things on that list I’ve improved on in last few months and years. Here’s some notes:
Continue reading Sidin’s 2018 resolutions…