“If everyone could spend some time self analysing, spend some quiet time with nothing to do and nowhere to go, then without a doubt the world would be an infinitely better place to live and play. It would probably be the cause of the end of bullying, teen suicide, anxiety, depression, stress, and fear and the start of a more genuine and authentic world. I have found that my tranquillity and peacefulness grew significantly stronger as I began to live comfortably with my desires and cravings.”
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
“If you can’t be happy and content by yourself then you shouldn’t be in a relationship.”
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
“Study yourself; it should be the first subject you learn and the one you revise each and every day”
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
“We consume so we never have to answer the hard questions. When we are bored we eat. When we are lonely we watch a movie, read the newspaper, jump on social media. Each time we do we cover up our real emotions and keep throwing another layer of confusion and anxiety on top, making it almost impossible to dig ourselves out of the hole, or at least see which way is up.”
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
“What is it you really want? Are you really going to be happy when you get the object? What will it bring you? Is what you’re telling yourself really true? You have the choice, you can keep on getting hit by the wave or you can get the courage to run towards it and dive right through it - everything starts with you.”
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
― Solitude: How Doing Nothing Can Change the World
Jesse’s 2024 Year in Books
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