Burnout isn't the number of hours you work. It's too much effort on things that are against your core interests and values.
Sarah Drasner, Twitter
Quotes I've found interesting
Quotes about stoicism, software development, personal development or just whatever I wanted to remember.
We do not find virtue in a man by the quality of his circumstances, but the quality of his actions.
Unknown
Don't just say that you have read books. Show that through them you have learned to think better.
Epictetus
Decisions are made and consequences follow, it is the way. Our task is to deal with the present.
King Alfred, The Last Kingdom, s02e06
If you’ve lost your job, if you went through a painful breakup, if you’ve been forced to start over, if your sandcastle or your ship has been swallowed up—congratulations, you’ve been gifted a remarkable opportunity. You get to choose the life you want to build. Well done, Fortune, to drive you thus to the life you’ve always wanted.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 8/10/2021
Whether you want to call yourself a Stoic or not, is not really the point. Actually, that is the point. Labels are _pointless._ They close your mind. They close you off to opportunities. They close you off to other people. And worst of all, with time, they close you off from the very things you identify with.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 8/10/2021
When so much is being thrown at you, when there is so much you could be thinking about or doing, the strength to tune it out and do the one thing that must be done is essential.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic Email, 4/16/2021
There’s no reason to rush through bedtime. There’s no reason to rush through anything or to anywhere. Because what we’re rushing from is our children and the limited time we get with them — the amount of which is never guaranteed.
Ryan Holiday, Daily Stoic - How the Pandemic Changed Me as a Parent
Deliberately designing one’s life isn’t only possible. It’s imperative.
@intentionally, Twitter
Character - the willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life - is the source from which self-respect springs.
Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem