“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.”
—Maya Angelou
Quote of the Week
Month: September 2018
Sumissura Review: Affordable, Ethically Produced Custom-Made Suits and Clothes
Alexigraph is not a fashion blog, and I rarely post product reviews here, so this post is a little out of the ordinary for me. It is not a sponsored post, just an honest review of a service that I thought might be of interest to some of you.
A few years ago, I made the decision only to purchase clothes that are made by people working in safe conditions or that are second-hand (you can read more about my reasons here). For the most part, it’s been a fun challenge to seek out brands and retailers that meet my standards, and the change has significantly cut down on impulse shopping.
Quote of the Week
“Some years ago, I was lucky enough [to be] invited to a gathering of great and good people: artists and scientists, writers and discoverers of things. And I felt that at any moment they would realise that I didn’t qualify to be there, among these people who had really done things.
“On my second or third night there, I was standing at the back of the hall, while a musical entertainment happened, and I started talking to a very nice, polite, elderly gentleman about several things, including our shared first name. And then he pointed to the hall of people, and said words to the effect of, ‘I just look at all these people, and I think, what the heck am I doing here? They’ve made amazing things. I just went where I was sent.’
And I said, ‘Yes. But you were the first man on the moon. I think that counts for something.’
“And I felt a bit better. Because if Neil Armstrong felt like an imposter, maybe everyone did. Maybe there weren’t any grown-ups, only people who had worked hard and also got lucky and were slightly out of their depth, all of us doing the best job we could, which is all we can really hope for.”
You Don’t Know What Someone Else Thinks Unless They Tell You
I’m convinced that a significant amount of the stress in my life comes from assuming I know what other people are thinking. Case in point: after being away on vacation, my yard was a mess this week. The grass was overgrown and there were weeds everywhere. It finally got mowed Saturday afternoon, but every time I saw it this week, I felt anxious and guilty. I feel this way every time the yard becomes overgrown, and it has nothing to do with the grass. If I lived on some remote parcel of land far from any other houses, I wouldn’t give it a second thought. I care because I don’t want my neighbors to think poorly of me. I assume that they are judging me every time they drive by my house or look out their windows.
Quote of the Week
“I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.”
—John Burroughs
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