Write down 100 of your worst thoughts. Take them through this process. And by the time you get to 30, they'll stop bothering you.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

Guard your mornings from noise; ritual and intention steady the mind before the world intrudes.

Destroy the idea that you gotta be good at artistic things to enjoy them, that every hobby has to become something you’re so good at, you can monetize it. A capitalist lie. Sing offkey, draw poorly, write badly. Light is meant to be enjoyed, not monetized. You’re not a product.

JOMO [dʒōmō], Joy of Missing Out; feeling content with staying in and disconnecting as a form of self-care.

What you do frequently becomes your frequency.

When you don’t create things, you become defined by your tastes rather than ability. Your tastes only narrow and exclude people. So create.

It’s a good habit to not commit to the first solution. The brain is a forest of interconnectivity, but because it is build for efficiency, it tends to land on the most well-trodden answer first; it’s difficult to catapult straight to the most unexpected ideas.

Sonder; The quiet realization that every passing stranger carries a life as deep and intricate as your own.

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing. A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time. A schedule is a mock-up of reason and order—willed, faked, and so brought into being; it is a peace and a haven set into the wreck of time; it is a lifeboat on which you find yourself, decades later, still living. Each day is the same, so you remember the series afterward as a blurred and powerful pattern.

Never try to convey your idea to the audience - it is a thankless and senseless task. Show them life, and they’ll find within themselves the means to assess and appreciate it.

Time exists in order that everything doesn’t happen all at once…and space exists so that it doesn’t all happen to you.

Ichi-go ichi-e (一期一会), is a Japanese idiom that is often translated as “for this time only,” “never again,” or “one chance in a lifetime.” The term reminds people to cherish any gathering that they may take part in, citing the fact that many meetings in life are not repeated. Even when the same group of people can get together again, a particular gathering will never be replicated, and thus, each moment is always once-in-a-lifetime.