I Finished My 4500 Word Art Critique Today, Along With My Short Essay On Research…

I hope I find someone that loves me the same way Stephen Colbert loves his wife ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

In other news, I got a perfect score in all 7 of my submitted examinations… Now I just have to wait for the other 3 (๑˃̵ᴗ˂̵)

Morris Hirshfield (1872 - 1946) - Cats in the Snow. Oil on canvas.

My friends forgot my birthday, twice

They were probably busy or tired from the holidays but, I did my best to celebrate and stay up till midnight and create online greeting surprises for them even when their birthdays fell on exams week. Am I petty for tweeting about it on my twitter? Or sharing a sarcastic eecard instagram story about how they shouldn’t feel sorry that they forgot my birthday again because atleast they were consistent?

It just sucks when you go all out on somebody’s special to the best of your abilities and all you get is a half-assed “Happy Birthday, hope we see each other soon” imessage. Or when nobody even bothered to greet me on our Org’s group chat.

It’a been 4 days since my birthday and I’m still treating those wounds. But hey, on the brightside them forgetting my birthday is sort of like a get out of jail free card. “You forgot my birthday so I’m exempt from the task.” Or I’ll just wait for the next petty idea to brew in my brain.

Essentialism, Greg McKeown

Be highly selective. Don’t attend meetings when you have nothing to contribute, don’t read newsletters if you already know or if it doesn’t really matter to you. Stop moving an inch forward in a million different directions and start gaining momentum in getting one major thing done.

Pursue less but better in a disciplined way

Warren Buffet owes 90% of his wealth to just 10 investments

On trade offs: don’t ask ‘what do I want to give up?’ ask ‘what do I want to go big on?’

Less, but better : if trying to start a journaling habit, start by always writing less than you want to. Usually, on the first day, you’ll write many pages, and then you’ll quickly start to dreading having to write so much. Until you’ve made journaling a habit, write very little.

Your strategy can’t be “pretty clear”. Anyone who wears glasses knows there is a difference between “pretty clear” and “really clear”.

Learn the art of the slow yes and the quick no

Beware the sunk cost bias: continuing something we would otherwise move on from, simply because we have already invested time or money in it. It’s a vicious cycle

To attain knowledge, add things everyday. To attain wisdom, subtract things everyday. - Lao Tzu

Cues are essential in making routines smoother: if you charge your phone each night and you’d like to start journaling, put your journal right by your charger

Tackle your routines one by one: to get big results, we must start small

Eat mindfully. Live in the moment

Check in often to ensure meaningful progress

the bell jar, sylvia plath.