flâneur

Ann Vu

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  • They're pretending but it doesn't matter because they're actually doing it, exhausting themselves as the acting evaporates, peak beauty, that moment—the swan dive, the little death, a bird flying into a kitchen window, open or shut, this or nothing, it strips the bolts
    DIAGRAM :: Richard Siken
  • No one really tells us that you can open your eyes, look around, gaze at other mountains, talk to people who have climbed them, decide if they suit you better, train for those ones instead. We’re not always born at the bottom of the mountain we’re meant to climb. But only we can find one better suited for us. *
    the paris diaries - by Isabel - Mind Mine
  • All it takes is one breath to shift perspective, make contentment feel easier.
    I stepped outside. - by Mariah Gabrielle
  • Another test you can use is: always produce. For example, if you have a day job you don't take seriously because you plan to be a novelist, are you producing?
    How to Do What You Love
  • The test of whether people love what they do is whether they'd do it even if they weren't paid for it
    How to Do What You Love
  • to try to do things that would make your friends say wow
    How to Do What You Love
  • If you think something's supposed to hurt, you're less likely to notice if you're doing it wrong.
    How to Do What You Love
  • imagine a version of yourself that doesn’t need that external condition to change
    10 reminders - by worrmgirl - Homemade Nothing
  • As important as it is to try my best at whatever I’m doing, I’m just trying my best to eat shit when it does get served so I can move on and work towards what I want to do, and not to let my disappointment turn me into a bitter tightwad. By the way, I’m still here. The world didn’t end because I failed.
    Failing | MIT Admissions
  • Be present Notice when something is off Gently come back to present Breathe Lead with curiosity—examine the off-feeling carefully Intentionally, slowly correct what went wrong Refocus your attention on the moment Check in with yourself to see if anything else feels off If yes, repeat—if not, proceed
    on slowness, taste, and living well - by Isabel - Mind Mine
  • when we are fully engaged in the moment we are in, time disappears. When we don’t want to be in the moment we’re in, or more commonly, when we are stuck in our minds and feel unable to break into the moment—time crawls by painfully. We flood our awareness into our minds instead of into our surroundings, making time solidify and slow down.
    on slowness, taste, and living well - by Isabel - Mind Mine
  • time comes from us—that when we are genuinely present, time collapses completely, beyond our ability to detect that it is passing at all
    on slowness, taste, and living well - by Isabel - Mind Mine
  • when external time outweighs internal time, your ability to “just be” is drowned out by the constant stimulus of always being somewhere, doing something.
    on being selective
  • When you feel better about how you’re living, you’re more pleasant to be around. You are more accepting, gentle, kind. You are better at allocating your energy to what feels right. You act from a place of abundance instead of scarcity, and thus you are not resentful of the people and places you give energy to because you only say yes when you genuinely want to.
    on being selective