“There is something about yourself that you don't know.”

A still from Guy Ritchie's "Revolver"

There is something about yourself that you don't know. Something that you will deny even exists until it's too late to do anything about it. It's the only reason you get up in the morning, the only reason you suffer the shitty boss, the blood, the sweat and the tears. This is because you want people to know how good, attractive, generous, funny, wild and clever you really are. "Fear or revere me, but please think I'm special." We share an addiction. We're approval junkies. We're all in it for the slap on the back and the gold watch. The "hip, hip, hoo-fucking-rah." Look at the clever boy with the badge, polishing his trophy. Shine on, you crazy diamond. Cos we're just monkeys wrapped in suits, begging for the approval of others. – Jake Green, “Revolver”

Random | On thinking

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What would people think about if people weren’t taught what to think about?

- Arthur Morgan

Today, don’t think about that.

Today, think about not thinking. 

Then think not-thinking.

SOURCE: Transform Your Life: A Year of Awareness Practice by Cheri Huber

Random | Sleep well so your Monday begins well. It’s all about the unicorns.

Unicorns I love them, Unicorns I love them, Uni-Uni-Unicorns, I love them! Uni-Unicorns I could pet one if they were really real... And they are! So I bought one so I could pet it. And it loves me, And I love it...

Random | I am extremely busy right now

milkybubbletea via unskilledlass via paola silvia bombelli’s the art of slowing down

Health | Happy outliers. Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work.

Work & Life | Albert Elbaz on creating and directing

“When you create, you cannot direct 

and when you direct 

it’s very very difficult to be creative. 

So I don’t think that creation and direction are good sisters.”

Elbaz has worked for the Paris fashion house Lanvin since 2001.

Work & Life | How to schedule your work hours a la Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir was a writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist, and social theorist. And she did not spend 24/7 doing just that. Here is an excerpt from The Paris Review on her working hours. By my calculations, it added up to 7 hours a day: 10 am to 1 pm and 5 pm to 9 pm.  INTERVIEWER People say that you have great self-discipline and that you never let a day go by without working. At what time do you start?  DE BEAUVOIR I'm always in a hurry to get going, though in general I dislike starting the day. I first have tea and then, at about ten o'clock, I get under way and work until one. Then I see my friends and after that, at five o'clock, I go back to work and continue until nine. I have no difficulty in picking up the thread in the afternoon. When you leave, I'll read the paper or perhaps go shopping. Most often it's a pleasure to work. The Paris Review, Spring-Summer 1965 | Courtesy of Marcine Miller Read also: Slate “Daily Rituals: Life-hacking tips” by Mason Currey Mason Currey’s inactive Daily Routines blog

Random | I have plans, things to do

dust jacket attic via paola silvia bombelli’s the art of slowing down

Random | If you think it’s that simple

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Random | Aha, that's the way to run the office!

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Random | 95 Questions. I dare ya. I double dare ya!

Green Monk Source: nonconcept

Not exactly inclined to do this level of navel gazing, but here it is: 95 Questions to Help You Find Meaning and Happiness from Mark and Angel Hack Life. How to answer these?! Have a go. And be content. 1.      In one sentence, who are you? 2.     Why do you matter? 3.     What is your life motto? 4.     What’s something you have that everyone wants? 5.     What is missing in your life? 6.     What’s been on your mind most lately? 7.      Happiness is a ________? 8.     What stands between you and happiness? 9.     What do you need most right now? 10.  What does the child inside you long for? 11.   What is one thing right now that you are totally sure of? 12.   What’s been bothering you lately? 13.   What are you scared of? 14.   What has fear of failure stopped you from doing? 15.   What will you never give up on? 16.   What do you want to remember forever? 17.   What makes you feel secure? 18.  Which activities make you lose track of time? 19.   What’s the most difficult decision you’ve ever made? 20.  What’s the best decision you’ve ever made? 21.   What are you most grateful for? 22.  What is worth the pain? 23.  In order of importance, how would you rank: happiness, money, love,health, fame? 24.  What is something you’ve always wanted, but don’t yet have? 25.  What was the most defining moment in your life during this past year? 26.  What’s the number one change you need to make in your life in the next twelve months? 27.  What’s the number one thing you want to achieve in the next five years? 28.  What is the biggest motivator in your life right now? 29.  What will you never do? 30.  What’s something you said you’d never do, but have since done? 31.   What’s something new you recently learned about yourself? 32.  What do you sometimes pretend to understand that you really do not? 33.  In one sentence, what do you wish for your future self? 34.  What worries you most about the future? 35.  When you look into the past, what do you miss most? 36.  What’s something from the past that you don’t miss at all? 37.  What recently reminded you of how fast time flies? 38.  What is the biggest challenge you face right now? 39.  In one word, how would you describe your personality? 40.  What never fails to frustrate you? 41.   What are you known for by your friends and family? 42.  What’s something most people don’t know about you? 43.  What’s a common misconception people have about you? 44.  What’s something a lot of people do that you disagree with? 45.  What’s a belief you hold with which many people disagree? 46.  What’s something that’s harder for you than it is for most people? 47.  What are the top three qualities you look for in a friend? 48.  If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow that person to be your friend? 49.  When you think of ‘home,’ what, specifically, do you think of? 50.  What’s the most valuable thing you own? 51.   If you had to move 3000 miles away, what would you miss most? 52.  What would make you smile right now? 53.  What do you do when nothing else seems to make you happy? 54.  What do you wish did not exist in your life? 55.  What should you avoid to improve your life? 56.  What is something you would hate to go without for a day? 57.  What’s the biggest lie you once believed was true? 58.  What’s something bad that happened to you that made you stronger? 59.  What’s something nobody could ever steal from you? 60.  What’s something you disliked when you were younger that you truly enjoy today? 61.   What are you glad you quit? 62.  What do you need to spend more time doing? 63.  What are you naturally good at? 64.  What have you been counting or keeping track of recently? 65.  What has the little voice inside your head been saying lately? 66.  What’s something you should always be careful with? 67.  What should always be taken seriously? 68.  What should never be taken seriously? 69.  What are three things you can’t get enough of? 70.  What would you do differently if you knew nobody would judge you? 71.   What fascinates you? 72.  What’s the difference between being alive and truly living? 73.  What’s something you would do every day if you could? 74.  At what time in your recent past have you felt most passionate and alive? 75.  Which is worse, failing or never trying? 76.  What makes you feel incomplete? 77.   When did you experience a major turning point in your life? 78.  What or who do you wish you lived closer to? 79.  If you had the opportunity to get a message across to a large group of people, what would your message be? 80. What’s something you know you can count on? 81.  What makes you feel comfortable? 82.  What’s something about you that has never changed? 83.  What will be different about your life in exactly one year? 84.  What mistakes do you make over and over again? 85.  What do you have a hard time saying “no” to? 86.  Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing? 87.  What’s something that used to scare you, but no longer does? 88. What promise to yourself do you still need to fulfill? 89.  What do you appreciate most about your current situation? 90.  What’s something simple that makes you smile? 91.   So far, what has been the primary focus of your life? 92.  How do you know when it’s time to move on? 93.  What’s something you wish you could do one more time? 94.  When you’re 90-years-old, what will matter to you the most? 95.  What would you regret not fully doing, being, or having in your life?

Random | To live by

Random | Existential weekend anyone?

Photo by Bettina Lewin

Source: bettinalewin.de

Booze | Do it while working, in style

Source: labohemeblog.com via Monika on Pinterest

1950s had the booze fueling the creative types,
and there are still days - 
hell, weeks! months! - 
where that is required. 

Cheers!

Random | Work humble

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Random | Charlie Mingus on complicated and simple

“Making the simple complicated is commonplace;

making the complicated simple,

awesomely simple,

that’s creativity.”  

 - Charlie Mingus

Random | Working on a fort made of blankets

At Home | Lazy Sunday in the home library

By kelsee via flicker via Dust Jacket