I’ve reached an age that my adolescent self thought of as pretty old: 34. I remember as a pre-teen thinking that celebrities in their 30s were washed up. Why is she still making music (or movies, or whatever)? Doesn’t she know she’s not cool anymore? Ah, youth.
“Instead of saying ‘I don’t have time’ try saying ‘its not a priority.’ Changing our language reminds us that time is a choice. If we don’t like how we’re spending an hour, we can choose differently.”
—Laura Vanderkam
“Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity or arrogance, but simply because they lead you nowhere.”
—Paulo Coelho
“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We have only today. Let us begin.”
—Mother Teresa
“I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not. Otherwise they turn up unannounced and surprise us, come hammering on the mind’s door at 4 a.m. of a bad night and demand to know who deserted them, who betrayed them, who is going to make amends.”
Joan Didion, Slouching Towards Bethlehem
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