But here’s the real reason you need to trust your instincts: When you do, your home automatically becomes your own personal mental wellness retreat.
“But fame isn’t what gets me out of bed in the morning. It’s purpose.”
― This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
― This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
“In 1960, a mere 5 percent of Americans said they would be upset if their child married someone from the opposite party. A half century later, that number had exploded eightfold, to 40 percent. Partisanship, in other words, was playing a dividing-line role once reserved for religion and race.”
― Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
― Thanks, Obama: My Hopey, Changey White House Years
“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.”
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
—Oscar Wilde”
― Do Less: A Minimalist Guide to a Simplified, Organized, and Happy Life
“The stories he told became boring to me through repetition, but I understand now that he was just trying to fix that place with the compass of his memories.”
― Borne
― Borne
“As Peter Drucker said, “In a few hundred years, when the history of our time will be written from a long-term perspective, it is likely that the most important event historians will see is not technology, not the Internet, not e-commerce. It is an unprecedented change in the human condition.”
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
― Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
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