Laura

“The desire for more positive experience is itself a negative experience. And, paradoxically, the acceptance of one’s negative experience is itself a positive experience. (p.9)”
― Mark Manson, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

“Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.”
― Julia Cameron, The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

“Unfortunately, this isn’t true. There’s actually no such thing as multitasking (that is, simultaneously processing two or more attention-demanding tasks), because our brains can’t do two cognitively demanding things at once.* When we think we’re multitasking, we’re actually doing what researchers call “task-switching.” Like cars making sharp turns, our brains need to slow down and switch gears every time we stop thinking about one thing and engage with another—a process that has been estimated to take twenty-five minutes every time you do it.”
― Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition: The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan

“When you’re out to dinner with friends and everyone else is on their phones, try taking a photo of them on their devices and then texting it to them with a note saying, ‘I miss you!’” —”
― Catherine Price, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Revised Edition: The 30-Day Digital Detox Plan