Eli

“When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

“Outer order isn’t a matter of having less or having more; it’s a matter of wanting what we have.”
― Gretchen Rubin, Outer Order, Inner Calm: Declutter and Organize to Make More Room for Happiness

“All translation is mistranslation. But maybe there should be a second part to that phrase. All conversation is misunderstanding. I think about the discrepancies that will always exist in the gaps between languages whenever I go anywhere outside Japan, anywhere where Japanese, my native language, isn’t spoken. But even when I use my native language, the same thing does apply. All language is misunderstanding. In degrees.”
― Hiromi Kawakami, Granta 127: Japan

“With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.”
― James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones