It’s surprising how many adults don’t know the different between a tablet and a capsule.
Something I think to myself a lot when I’m talking to other humans: “I’m confused that you’re confused.”
A little something that’s occurred to me recently is that it might be more difficult to handle several small stressors than it is to handle one big stressor. And maybe that’s not exactly right. Maybe it’s not more difficult. Maybe it’s equally difficult in a different way and it feels more difficult because we perceive that smaller stressors should be easier. But when there’s several small ones, it’s not easier. With one large stressor our attention can be focused. We can even get pumped up for it. And if we can get a moment to put that stressor aside then we might get a brief reprieve and be able to let go. But with several small stressors, there is no break. If you stop thinking about one thing, you don’t get a break, you just move on to another stressor and you just keep cycling from one stressor to another. It’s exhausting.
When someone asks how you’re doing and you say “ok” it doesn’t mean that things are easy. “Ok” doesn’t mean easy. Being able to carry the load doesn’t mean that the load is light.
“I like how monarch butterflies look like leaves falling in autumn”, said my daughter.
If you’re fully open to the moment, how can you not be overwhelmed by emotion?
People don’t want to be corrected. People would rather just go along continuing to be wrong than to have someone correct them. (Yes it’s a big generalization but I still think it’s mostly true)
The difference between a reason and an excuse is whether or not it’s under your control.
This is not mine. I can’t remember where I read it but I really like it. “I always thought it would make a sound when you hit rock bottom, apparently not.”
Are we not doing things for fear of messing up? What if we did mess up? Would it even really matter?
It’s more important to know what day of the week it is than to know the date.
Who holds the CEO and executive board of a big company accountable? And don’t tell me it’s the shareholders because their interests are selfish. As an employee, I get held accountable for my performance. I even get held accountable for nonsense. I get emails asking why my team hasn’t completed a training yet, but the training’s due date will still be four weeks away. So let’s sort this out. The CEO and executive board give themselves millions of dollars in bonuses annually while the equipment the company uses keeps breaking, the software is outdated, there’s not enough staffing in many locations and they “can’t afford” to give employees pensions. This only makes sense if you’re the one getting the millions of dollars in bonuses.
Fuck you leukemia. No one likes you.