1. You don't need a productivity system, you need a bedtime.
2. 8 hours of sleep and a daily walk outside will solve as many of your problems as any online guru or coach will.
3. The most effective antidepressant in the world is exercise.
4. If you don't choose your priorities in life, the world will choose them for you.
5. Your values are exemplified by what you're willing to give up/sacrifice.
6. If saying no and standing on your own makes you feel guilty, then at some point in your life you've probably been trained to neglect yourself.
7. Most people aren't actually stuck because their life is too hard. They're actually stuck because the distractions feel safer than the solutions do.
8. Learning more is a smart persons way to procrastinate.
9. Focus on doing 1 or 2 things extremely well. Do them in 1 place very consistently with a small group of people over a long period of time.
10. Confidence and fear both require believing in something that hasn't happened yet. You're choosing to be scared.
11. Growth requires failure the same way that gaining strength requires pain.
12. The only difference between a successful person and an unsuccessful person is the successful person has tolerated more failures over a longer period of time.
13. You don't get rid of anxiety or self-doubt, you just learn how to develop the ability to act despite it.
14. Happiness is not a lack of problems. Happiness is having better problems. Success is having better failures. Discipline is, in a way, having better addictions. You don't get rid of the struggle, you learn to upgrade it.

- اگر به دنبال قرمه‌سبزی و شارلاتان‌بازی‌های داخل کشور هستی،‌ مهاجرت برات مناسب نیست.
- برات توی هیچ کشوری فرش قرمز پهن نکرده‌ان. no matter where.
- مهم نیست کجای دنیا باشی، برای هیچ‌کس فرقی نمی‌کنه تو کی هستی و چی هستی، مگر این‌که خودت بتونی خودت و توانایی‌هات رو نشون بدی (و شانس بیاری و دیده بشی). کسی مسئول کشف استعدادها و توانایی‌های ناگفته‌ی دیگران نیست.
- فراموش نکن در ایران نه رفاه داشتی، نه دغدغه‌های اجتماعی و سیاسی‌ت به جایی می‌رسید.
- هیچ‌جا در دنیا بهشت برین نیست و همه‌جا مشکل داره و خروج از ایران به معنی اتمام مشکلات نیست.
- کشور مقصدِ مناسب برای آدم‌های مختلف با هم تفاوت داره.

"The average adult spends nearly one-third of their waking life alone. How do we overcome the stigma of solitude and find strength in going it alone? Translating key research findings into actionable facts and advice, this book shows that alone time can boost well-being. From relaxation and recharging to problem solving and emotion regulation, solitude can benefit personal growth, contentment, creativity, and our relationships with ourselves and others. Learning what makes us better at spending time alone can help us move toward our best possible selves. Solitude showcases different perspectives, traditions, stories, and research methods on solitude from people around the world, explains how we can balance our social and solo needs, clearly defines 'solitude' and demonstrates how it plays a role in the move toward our best possible selves, highlights some of the research conducted by the Solitude Lab and others before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and explores a wide range of topics connected to solitude, including but not limited to: creativity, anxiety, authenticity, ageing, and emotional regulation."

Deep interconnected love requires absolute and persistent courage to be honest about our own wants and needs while also making space and honoring another's desires and expectations. The ultimate long game of integrity.

یادگیری یه زبان هم می‌تونه به آدم‌ چیزهای زیادی درباره‌ی دیسیپلین، استمرار، مواجهه با ترس‌ها و خروج از محدوده امن یاد بده و هدف صرفا گرفتن نمره‌ی مشخص و عبور از سد زبان نیست.
Learning a new language can teach you so much about resilience, prioritizing curiosity and learning above your own comfort. See it as a self-development exercise. Devote yourself to the process of learning rather than to any results you could get out of it. I pictured having to cut down the world’s largest tree with a tiny, tiny axe. There are no shortcuts - just going about it the right way and giving it absolutely hell until you’re successful.

زوج‌هایی که یک دایره وسیعی به هم‌دیگه می‌دن که هویت شخصی خودشون رو تعریف و بازتعریف کنن و هنوز در اون هویت دوتایی بگنجن، خیلی موفق‌تر عمل می‌کنن.

The most enticing people let us know subtly that they have a great deal of room for wierdness, our wierdness.
The result is that around this person, we can show a great deal of ourselves and admit that we are scared, we might collapse and it would be more than fine.

نامدگان و رفتگان از دو کرانه‌ی زمان
سوی تو می‌دوند هان! ای تو همیشه درمیان

در چمن تو می‌چرد آهوی دشت آسمان
گِرد سر تو می‌پرد بازِ سپید کهکشان

هرچه به گِرد خویشتن می‌نگرم در این چمن
آینه‌ی ضمیر من جز تو نمی‌دهد نشان

ای گل بوستان‌سرا از پس پرده‌ها درآ
بوی تو می‌کشد مرا وقت سحر به بوستان

ای که نهان نشسته‌ای باغ درون هسته‌ای
هسته فرو شکسته‌ای کاین همه باغ شد روان

مست نیاز من شدی پرده‌ی ناز پس زدی
از دل خود بر آمدی، آمدن تو شد جهان

آه...! که می‌زند برون از سر و سینه موج خون
من چه کنم که از درون دست تو می‌کشد کمان

پیش وجودت از عدم، زنده و مرده را چه غم؟
کز نفس تو دم‌به‌دم می‌شنویم بوی جان

پیش تو جامه دربرم نعره زند که بر دَرم!
آمدنت که بنگرم، گریه نمی‌دهد امان

Showing up doesn’t mean showing up perfectly. Some days will splash. Some days will drip. Both water the garden.

The magic isn't in starting big. It's in starting. Your entrance doesn't need to match your ambition.

For the moment, it’s just us. But I wonder how life will be if it's just us, forever. I wonder how we'll navigate this. Whether it will be enough for us. And what we'll do if it isn't.