aesthetics (junkyard of notes, links) – @visakanv
Why? I can start by talking about my personal experience. Simplistically, I can divide my life into “life before embracing my aesthetics” and “life after embracing my aesthetics” – and life after embracing my aesthetics has been a lot more enjoyable, a lot more satisfying. People like me more, even flirt with me more. I’m a happier, more relaxed, more comfortable person. I feel cooler, more interesting, higher-status. I believe that you can actually see it in my face, and people are more warm and open towards me because of it. Found this old picture on my Uber account (must have uploaded it around… 2013? 2014?) I’m a totally different person now! I’m gonna age so well, I can feel it. My sexiest days are still decades away pic.twitter.com/zLE4TpM1za I’ve always been someone who’s somewhat sensitive to aesthetics in general. I’ve always cared a strange amount about things like font choices, color choices, typography and so on. But for most of my life, I wasn’t very deliberate about “liv
I want to persuade people that it’s worth their time and effort to experiment with their aesthetics. Why? I can start by talking about my personal experience. Simplistically, I can divide my life into “life before embracing my aesthetics” and “life after embracing my aesthetics” – and life after embracing my aesthetics has been a lot more enjoyable, a lot more satisfying. People like me more, even flirt with me more. I’m a happier, more relaxed, more comfortable person. I feel cooler, more interesting, higher-status. I believe that you can actually see it in
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