But this is how I remember these things, and all we can ever be is faithful to our memories of reality, rather than the reality itself, which is something closely related but never precisely the same thing.—Matt Haig, How to Stop Time. Highlighted
You are psychologically incapable of being able to predict what will make you happy. Your brain can only perceive what it's known, so when you choose what you want for the future, you're actually just recreating a solution or ideal of the past.—Brianna Wiest, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. Highlighted
“If you only do the easy and useless jobs, you’ll never have to worry about the important ones which are so difficult. You just won’t have the time. For there’s always something to do to keep you from what you really should be doing.”—Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth. Highlighted
Put yourself into stressful situations. Eventually, almost nothing will seem stressful.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Rules must be absolutely unbreakable. If you try to decide, each time, whether it’s OK to break the rule or not, then you’ve missed the whole point of rules. Rules are to save you from deciding. That’s why hard rules are easier to keep.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
You use your past to make your future.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted
Changing the world includes changing yourself. Change your beliefs, preferences, acquaintances, hobbies, location, and lifestyle.—Derek Sivers, How to Live. Highlighted