Dave Martin | Sports + stupidity ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
If you ever think that thing your worried about right now is important, just check: If your problem is something similar to this: It’s bullshit. Gratitude, contentment–and therefore happiness– is a choice. And right now, you have someone somewhere in the world who would kill to have what you have. To have the eyesight to read this, the mental cognition to…
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…
Terrace House is a Japanese reality TV where 6 young guys and girls are just given a house, a car, and left to do their own thing. They can go in and out of the house, live there for however long they want, and every time a new housemate comes in, about 0.8 seconds after first introductions they love to ask them is,…
Welcome back to the ‘What is Mariana listening to at the moment’ online internet website page. Here’s what you’ve missed previously: part 1 and part 2. Now for part 3… If you asked any animal in the wild, a hummingbird, white ant or a mountain ash eucalyptus tree: ‘Are you happy with your life? Do you enjoy this life? Couldn’t…
(translation): There is no ‘Can’ or ‘Can’t’, just ‘Do’ or ‘Don’t’. If you ever think to yourself ‘I can’t do it’, try this as the next thought in your brain region: ‘Bullshit. Why not?’ If it’s been done before by anyone who is also a human person like you, it can be done by you too. Achievement’s a question of attitude, not…
When shit sucks, or is great, embrace it. Life is temporary as fuck so just go with whatever you’ve got going on right now. If it sucks, or it’s flippin’ awesome, say yes. Whatever. Sucky. Shitty. Super mega happy fun times. Say Yes. Even if you put your heart on the line and are honest with yourself to everyone in…
What do you do when you get lemons? Run with it? Go into denial and pretend it’s not happening? Or do you do what Kunu does? I like option 1. Option 3 (Kunu’s) is also cool. I think. In some way I’m pretty sure. Here’s the song and the lyrics.
There’s two things that run most of our life and the decisions–both large and small–we make. Fear. And love*. Once you fall in love with someone, it’ll change your life in some way, and you may even find yourself doing stuff or living in a way, or in a place, you never thought you would. The challenge is to understand…
There’s a sky full of lights and none of them stars But each white, silvery flicker’s a faithful reminder to us, Of a weight that’s in youth that makes a dick of us all, If it happened today, then it’s probably happened before. – From Gang of Youths–The Deepest Sighs, The Frankest Shadows Everything is temporary, and you and I…
Just like working out and lifting weights to get stronger, it’s the trials that make us strong. You need to go through those hard times to become strong. Because as life goes on and people get older, just like you, life gets more challenging. So welcome the trials, because they make the next one maybe at least bearable, or maybe even…