What I really, really love is writing. If I can just write and make a really nice living out of that, why would I change that?
Interpretation
The quote expresses a deep passion for writing and reflects the desire to sustain that passion as a fulfilling career.
Mark Manson emphasizes the joy and fulfillment he finds in writing, suggesting that when one can earn a living doing something they truly love, there is little reason to pursue anything else. This illustrates the importance of aligning one's career with personal passions, leading to a more satisfying and meaningful life.
In practice
In a motivational speech about career choices, you could use this quote to inspire others to pursue their passions.
Whereas a lot of Buddhism concerns itself with stages of enlightenment, various precepts and moral codes, and even power structures and hierarchies, Zen is just like, 'Shut up, sit down, and observe your thoughts - oh, and by the way, what you perceive as you' doesn't actually exist.' I loved the minimalist approach of it.
I think people who become compulsive about fitness or eating right, a lot of the time it's out of fear that they're going to lose control or that they're not good enough, so I think anything done out of fear or motivated by fear is often unhealthy.
Many people come to self-help material because they feel like something is wrong with them or the way they are. The problem is that anything that tells you how to improve your life is also implying that there is something inherently wrong with you the way you are.
The first and perhaps most important thing to realize about being happier in life is to stop trying to be so happy in life.
Writing/reading is like visiting another person's brain. And a short book or article is like a short stay. You come in, have a coffee, talk about the weather or sports, and then move on.
I think humility - which I think is a very good value to adopt - is basically an extension of understanding your own ignorance.
My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Pure love and suspicion cannot dwell together: at the door where the latter enters, the former makes its exit.
Being gay is like glitter, it never goes away.
All right, I'll take a chance. I will fall in love with you. If i'm a fool you can have the night, you can have the morning too. Can you cook and sew. make flowers grow. Do you understand my pain? Are you willing to risk it all or is your love in vain?
I do not love you-except because I love you; I go from loving to not loving you, from waiting to not waiting for you my heart moves from the cold into the fire.
Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love.
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