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“If the desire to write is not accompanied by actual writing, then the desire is not to write”
― Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person
― Notes to Myself: My Struggle to Become a Person
“perfectionism is a slow death. if everything were to turn out just like i would want it to, just like i would plan for it to, then i would never experience anything new; my life would be an endless repetition of stale successes. when i make a mistake i experience something unexpected.... when i have listened to my mistakes i have grown.”
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“I don't need a "reason" to be happy. I don't have to consult the future to know how happy I feel now.”
― Notes to Myself
― Notes to Myself
“Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.”
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“By approaching my problems with "What might make things a little better?" rather than "What is the solution?" I avoid setting myself up for certain frustration. My experience has shown me that I am not going to solve anything in one stroke; at best I am only going to chip away at it.”
― I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me
― I Touch the Earth, the Earth Touches Me
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