Pablobulldog

“Facebook and Twitter, online petitions, comments sent from apps such as Countable, and boilerplate emails that come from advocacy-group websites. Don’t waste your time. Congresspeople don’t trust these channels; they’re too easy to hack, game, or blast out en masse.”
― David Pogue, How to Prepare for Climate Change: A Practical Guide to Surviving the Chaos

“How many have laid waste to your life when you weren’t aware of what you were losing, how much was wasted in pointless grief, foolish joy, greedy desire, and social amusements—how little of your own was left to you. You will realize you are dying before your time!”
― Ryan Holiday, The Daily Stoic

“Each day for at least seven days, write down three things that went well that day, whether small (like someone holding the door for you) or big (like your partner proposing). Write out what happened in as much detail as possible. Add how you felt then and how you feel now. Provide your explanation for why this event was possible or what caused it.”
― Aria Campbell-Danesh, A Mindful Year: 365 Ways to Find Connection and the Sacred in Everyday Life

“Are you afraid?” she asks. Not of dying, he thinks, but a little of this part I’m in. Every day, there is less of me. Today I am thoughts without words. Tomorrow I will be a body without thoughts. And so it goes. But Maya, you are here right now and so I am glad to be here. Even without books and words. Even without my mind. How the hell do you say this? How do you even begin?”
― Gabrielle Zevin, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry