I was allowing myself to focus on one thing at a time for long stretches. It felt like I had had an enormous boost in my mental capacity – because I was respecting my mind’s limitations.
“The truth, of course, is that if people really were as happy as they look on the Internet, they wouldn’t spend so much damn time on the Internet, because no one who’s having a really good day spends half of it taking pictures of themselves.”
― Anxious People
― Anxious People
“have become the first humans to ever dismantle our tribes. As a result, we have been left alone on a savanna we do not understand, puzzled by our own sadness.”
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
― Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions
“dipping them into a Pyrex contact-lens of ketchup,”
― Starter for Ten
― Starter for Ten
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