I have bad days. Sometimes I have a lot of bad days. By and large, I think most people fall into a bad mood because they're able to ruminate on whatever the problem at hand is, and that makes it worse. But when you intercept the rumination process with something that requires your full attention - that's stimulating and absorbing, that places a demand on your intellectual focus - you don't get to ruminate. In a way, it's a mental health aid to be able to do that so much. My routine, what I do, it just feels like home. It's my comfort food.
We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the … - Maria Popova
We are a collage of our interests, our influences, our inspirations, all the fragmentary impressions we've collected by being alive and awake to the …
- Maria Popova
To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them - Maria Popova
To understand and be understood, those are among life's greatest gifts, and every interaction is an opportunity to exchange them
In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of … - Maria Popova
In order for us to truly create and contribute to the world, we have to be able to connect countless dots, to cross-pollinate ideas from a wealth of …
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a cele… - Maria Popova
Be generous with your time and your resources and with giving credit and, especially, with your words. It's so much easier to be a critic than a cele…
Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious. - Maria Popova
Be curious. Be constantly, consistently, indiscriminatel y curious.
Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world. - Maria Popova
Curation is more than packaging-it is to help readers [discern] what is important in the world.
When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are… - Maria Popova
When people tell you who they are, Maya Angelou famously advised, believe them. Just as importantly, however, when people try to tell you who you are…
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other wit… - Maria Popova
This is the power of art: The power to transcend our own self-interest, our solipsistic zoom-lens on life, and relate to the world and each other wit…
Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are. - Maria Popova
Life is a continual process of arrival into who we are.
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