Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
When they teach kids this in primary school: Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. …it’s actually genius. Never ever in the history of the world ever ever has something someone said physically hurt, maimed or killed someone. Yet we treat insults as they were physically attacks on our lives, a threat to our safety,…
Stoicism’s about focusing on and thinking only about the things you can control. And forgetting about the things you can’t. It’s about focusing on now, and not taking anything–past, present or future–for granted. Because one, your future’s not guaranteed AT ALL, two, at any moment you could leave life, and three, it’ll be over in a blink anyway. And it’s also about not wanting what you…
This is the most expensive phone I’ve ever bought, and yesterday I dropped it and the screen broke. EXCELLENT. Now that the screen’s cracked, I don’t have to worry about cracking it. I’m free from worrying about it happening now. If you break something, lose something, break up with someone, or fuck something else up, that’s great. Because you have now…