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Contemplatio.
A tiny ring notebook that lives in my bag, for sententiae: lines worth keeping about the world, life, the self and love. Some are mine. Some I found and couldn't let go of.
a page from the notebook
The brain is a muscle. We can learn to control it.
self
a new page every day at midnight, Manila time
Every page
Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous.
學而不思則罔，思而不學則殆。
— Confucius, the Analects · world
open & share ↗: Learning without thinking is labor lost; thinking without learning is perilous.Live life in seasons.
life
open & share ↗: Live life in seasons.Done imperfectly is more important than planned perfectly.
self
open & share ↗: Done imperfectly is more important than planned perfectly.Planning, not painting.
self
open & share ↗: Planning, not painting.Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thought.
life
open & share ↗: Your life is always moving in the direction of your strongest thought.The brain is a muscle. We can learn to control it.
self
open & share ↗: The brain is a muscle. We can learn to control it.Always aim for a system that works 80% of the time.
self
open & share ↗: Always aim for a system that works 80% of the time.My planner is the rough draft of my life. It's a working document. My lived life is the final version.
life
open & share ↗: My planner is the rough draft of my life. It's a working document. My lived life is the final version.These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.
— Najwa Zebian · self
open & share ↗: These mountains that you are carrying, you were only supposed to climb.One day or day one. Pick one.
self
open & share ↗: One day or day one. Pick one.Consistency is king, because potential is a flirt.
self
open & share ↗: Consistency is king, because potential is a flirt.Stagnant water becomes a swamp; a moving river becomes life.
life
open & share ↗: Stagnant water becomes a swamp; a moving river becomes life.Fortune favors those who ignore her.
life
open & share ↗: Fortune favors those who ignore her.Those who have no gods or kin to aid them must rely upon themselves.
world
open & share ↗: Those who have no gods or kin to aid them must rely upon themselves.The time will pass anyway.
life
open & share ↗: The time will pass anyway.Effort is sacred, even if results betray you.
self
open & share ↗: Effort is sacred, even if results betray you.Beginnings are born from ruins, not from control. So trust your hands.
life
open & share ↗: Beginnings are born from ruins, not from control. So trust your hands.If you're constantly irritated by someone who refuses to change, you also refuse to change.
self
open & share ↗: If you're constantly irritated by someone who refuses to change, you also refuse to change.To be loved is to be worth the inconvenience.
love
open & share ↗: To be loved is to be worth the inconvenience.Never assume malice when ignorance suffices as an explanation.
— Hanlon's razor · world
open & share ↗: Never assume malice when ignorance suffices as an explanation.Sufficiently advanced ignorance is indistinguishable from malice.
— Fred Clark's law · world
open & share ↗: Sufficiently advanced ignorance is indistinguishable from malice.Only fake flowers are flawless.
self
open & share ↗: Only fake flowers are flawless.It's better to lose one second of your life than to lose your life in a second.
life
open & share ↗: It's better to lose one second of your life than to lose your life in a second.You can't reason someone out of a belief they didn't reason themselves into.
— after Jonathan Swift · world
open & share ↗: You can't reason someone out of a belief they didn't reason themselves into.Stick to the plan, not your mood.
self
open & share ↗: Stick to the plan, not your mood.I have survived too many storms to be affected by raindrops.
self
open & share ↗: I have survived too many storms to be affected by raindrops.Don't measure others by your own yardstick.
world
open & share ↗: Don't measure others by your own yardstick.Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
— Pablo Picasso · self
open & share ↗: Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.Good health is a crown that only the healthy wear, but only the sick can see.
— proverb · life
open & share ↗: Good health is a crown that only the healthy wear, but only the sick can see.Live an examined life.
life
open & share ↗: Live an examined life.Knowledge is a fire that, absent of morality, will consume us all.
world
open & share ↗: Knowledge is a fire that, absent of morality, will consume us all.Don't believe what people say they are going to do. Believe what they actually do.
world
open & share ↗: Don't believe what people say they are going to do. Believe what they actually do.What most people do in life is they're like water going down a mountain. They follow the path of least resistance.
— Matthew Dicks · life
open & share ↗: What most people do in life is they're like water going down a mountain. They follow the path of least resistance.True learning is found in equal parts action and stillness.
self
open & share ↗: True learning is found in equal parts action and stillness.Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
— James Clear · self
open & share ↗: Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.