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If people appeared to behave pointlessly in grief, it was only because human life was pointless, and this was the truth that grief revealed.
—Sally Rooney, Normal People. Highlighted
When time is money, idle hours are a waste of money. This is the philosophical underpinning of all our modern stress: that time is too valuable to waste. We don’t pass time, we spend it. It’s no wonder that we don’t really have pastimes anymore.
—Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing. Highlighted
We work long hours in order to make more money, not realizing that once we’ve met our fundamental needs, it is leisure time that increases happiness, not necessarily extra cash.
—Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing. Highlighted
The key to well-being is shared humanity, even though we are pushing further and further toward separation.
—Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing. Highlighted
When you have fewer hours available to you, you automatically focus on the task at hand and ignore what’s irrelevant. The quality of your work goes up as the allotted hours go down, so you can often accomplish more in four hours than in five.
—Celeste Headlee, Do Nothing. Highlighted
If you’re a company of one, your mind-set is to build your business around your life, not the other way around.
—Paul Jarvis, Company of One. Highlighted
The best marketing is never just about selling a product or service, but about taking a stand—showing an audience why they should believe in what you’re marketing enough to want it at any cost, simply because they agree with what you’re doing.
—Paul Jarvis, Company of One. Highlighted
Determining what is enough is different for everyone. Enough is the antithesis of growth. Enough is the true north of building a company of one, and the opposite of the current paradigm promoting entrepreneurship, growth-hacking, and a startup culture.
The gist is this: you can pursue any passion you want, but you shouldn’t feel entitled to make money off it. Passion in work comes from first crafting a valuable skill set and mastering your work. This is great news, because it means you no longer have to beat yourself up for not finding your true, hidden passions. Instead, you can simply get to work.
—Paul Jarvis, Company of One. Highlighted
She’s twenty-three years old, and she’s doing something absolutely stupid, and she’s allowed to do absolutely stupid things whenever she wants, and the rest doesn’t have to matter right now.
—Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop. Highlighted
But, you know, that feeling? When you wake up in the morning and you have somebody to think about? Somewhere for hope to go? Even when it’s bad, it’s good.
—Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop. Highlighted
Sometimes the point is to be sad, August. Sometimes you just have to feel it because it deserves to be felt.
—Casey McQuiston, One Last Stop. Highlighted

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