New Years / 2025

"Somewhere along the way, you realize that no one will teach you how to live your own life - not your parents or your idols, not the philosophers or the poets, not your education or your twelve-step program, not church or therapy or Tolstoy. No matter how valuable any of that guidance, how pertinent any of that wisdom, in the end you discover that you make the path of life only by walking it with your own two feet under the overstory of your own consciousness - that singular miracle never repeated in all history & future of the universe, never fully articulable to another." / Marginalia

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"Change doesn't happen all at once - it's built in the quiet, unremarkable moments when you choose to try again, even when it's hard. It's in letting go of old habits, showing up for yourself, & believing that small steps forward are still progress. You don't have to be perfect, & you don't need it all figured out; you just need to start." 

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"You can lose yourself one small compromise at a time. You can transform yourself one small win at a time." / James Clear

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START WHERE YOU ARE

USE WHAT YOU HAVE

DO WHAT YOU CAN

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"The person you will be a year from now depends largely on:

the foods you eat

the books you read

the chances you take

the habits you stick to

the media you consume

the experiences you have

the thoughts in your head

the environment you are in

the people you spend time with"

(@the brain health doctor)

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