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.
Love transcends international boundaries. It heals the wounds of racial hatred, prejudice, bigotry and ignorance.
Different phases of your life have different levels of deep, traumatizing heartbreak, and in this period of my life, my heart was not irreparably broken. So itβs not as boy-centric of an album, because my life hasnβt been boy-centric.
Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.
I love your daughter fondly, dearly, disinterestedly, devotedly. If ever there were love in the world, I love her.
There is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of your own sex.
She told her, while she kept it, 'Twould make her amiable and subdue my father Entirely to her love, but if she lost it Or made a gift of it, my father's eye Should hold her loathed and his spirits should hunt After new fancies.
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