My phone no longer works. So I can do more work.
a wise friend
Schlagwort-Archiv: Konzentration
Unterwegsarbeit.
Heimarbeit.
At home I do not have Internet. So I can work.
a wise friend
Lange Weile.
How is it going?
Better than expected.
I’ve been able to slow down and savor the things in life that make me feel happy, productive and alive. I have more time to think, read, write, exercise, meditate, see friends and family and devote as much time as I want to the focus list.
Apathy's a tragedy and boredom's a crime.
Could interest you in everything all of the time?
Konzendration.
The mind couldn’t think about the End of the World all the time.
Neal Stephenson: Seveneves
Erdreistaunliche Deutredlichkeit.
Aber weil ich doch irgendeine dunkle Vorstellung habe, die mit dem, was ich suche, von fern her in einiger Verbindung steht, so prägt, wenn ich nur dreist damit den Anfang mache, das Gemüt, während die Rede fortschreitet, in der Notwendigkeit, dem Anfang nun auch ein Ende zu finden, jene verworrene Vorstellung zur völligen Deutlichkeit aus, dergestalt, daß die Erkenntnis zu meinem Erstaunen mit der Periode fertig ist.
Heinrich von Kleist (1805): Über die allmähliche Verfertigung der Gedanken beim Reden
Alter-nativen.
That merely glimpsing three good wooden boxes on a baggage-wain could lead to such broodings made Daniel wonder that he could get out of bed in the morning. Once, he had feared that old age would bring senility; now, he was certain it would slowly paralyze him by encumbering each tiny thing with all sorts of significations.
Neal Stephenson: The System of the World