Marginalia

It seems that in our pursuit of happiness, we’re taking focus off of what could be meaningful. But it’s in the pursuit of what is meaningful that happiness seems most likely to appear. As Viktor Frankl put it, “Happiness cannot be pursued, it can only ensue.”

Ryder Carroll

Currently reading: Anxious People: A Novel by Fredrik Backman 📚

They say that a person’s personality is the sum of their experiences. But that isn’t true, at least not entirely, because if our past was all that defined us, we’d never be able to put up with ourselves. We need to be allowed to convince ourselves that we’re more than the mistakes we made yesterday. That we are all of our next choices, too, all of our tomorrows.

Currently reading: Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday 📚

Currently reading: Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday 📚