The following mantras/one-liners/quotes helped me a lot in recovering from my rut. I want my future self to review this if he falls into one again (inevitable?)
deep work is meaningful
struggling for a purpose brings meaning
be responsible for everything. even if it’s not your fault, it is your responsibility.
resilience over resistance
attention is a skill, that you can build
narrow down your identity and reinforce it
action > evidence > motivation
underworking brings happiness.
your task is to be a good human being. with humility, without hypocrisy.
cf. Cal Newport, James Scholz, Bertrand Russell, Mark Manson, James Clear, Albert Camus, Marcus Aurelius.
Normalise writing shorter newsletters; Substack Notes are a charade anyway. Thanks
for the idea.