focus on what you want to see more of
This tweet has basically become The Central @visakanv Tweet. focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of &mdash
do whatever makes your heart sing
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is peop
write your memoirs
(2024nov update/comment: while doing some recategorizing, it struck me that this post fit in almost every single category I ha
vision
1 ✱ We seem to be having a sort of crisis of vision, where hardly anybody seems to have interesting ideas about where we’r
👑 you are already the monarch of your life
— 1. talismans — A talisman is simply an object that is meaningful to you. Wedding rings are the most widely appreciated t
🧠❌ you can’t think your way out of a courage deficit
(dec2023: title of this post is a catchy tweet, but do I want it to be a post? idk. maybe i’ll expand on it.) Reflecting
📚 the library ethos
John Locke: “Books seem to me to be pestilent things, and infect all that trade in them… with something very perve
👑 earn self-respect
(see also: self-loathing, self-worth) I think it’s important to earn one’s own self-respect. What does that mean?
how to be more optimistic
Optimism to me is not merely a posture or an attitude, but a way of being.
😂 learn to laugh at yourself
One of my private beliefs that doesn’t translate very well is that true comedy is sacred. And not sacred as in solemn, but s
🤔 do you know what you want?
dec2024: I wrote this blogpost years before I wrote the book Introspect… vaguely feel like this post should become a sum
💀 the heat death of the universe means legacy is ultimately futile
Pup Ponders the Heat Death of the Universe, (c) Drew Weing (I wrote this in 2013 in a a conversation with a friend, and decide