The back cover of 37 Signal’s new book, Rework
today's agenda:
This is almost the best agenda I have ever seen.
- ride some CNE rides
- eat a corn dog
- watch bill clinton speak
- see grizzly bear @3pm
- see the pixies @9pm
- destroy a beavertail (only canadians will get this)
- ride more rides.
There are different species of laziness: Eastern and Western. The Eastern style is like the one practised in India. It consists of hanging out all day in the sun, doing nothing, avoiding any kind of work or useful activity, drinking cups of tea, listening to Hindi film music blaring on the radio, and gossiping with friends. Western laziness is quite different. It consists of cramming our lives with compulsive activity, so there is no time at all to confront the real issues. This form of laziness lies in our failure to choose worthwhile applications for our energy.
(via ronworkman:niscera)
It’s never going to be over, so stop waiting for the good stuff. As of now, spend a minimum of one hour a day doing whatever you are waiting to do until your finances are more secure, or until the children have grown and left home, or until you have finished your obligations and you feel free to do what you really want to do. Don’t wait any longer. Don’t believe in the myth of “one day when everything will be different.” Do what you love to do, what you are waiting to do, what you’ve been born to do, now.
Spend at least one hour a day doing whatever you simply love to do — what you deeply feel you need to do, in your heart — in spite of the daily duties that seem to constrain you. However, be forewarned: you may discover that you don’t, or can’t, do it; that in fact, your fantasy of your future life is simply a fantasty.
via simko:
The Pyramid Of Consumption by Fanny Descary.
The needs, the wishes, the envy and than the pure luxury is all about having, processing and getting. This bag illustrates the pyramidal consumer trap the way Fanny Descary saw it in this packaging project. Inside the bag you find the word HAVE that concludes the whole story in this sticking communication. The bag can also be reduced to its minimal size by detaching the exceeding parts.
You are Brilliant, and the Earth is Hiring. The earth couldn’t afford to send recruiters or limos to your school. It sent you rain, sunsets, ripe cherries, night blooming jasmine, and that unbelievably cute person you are dating. Take the hint. And here’s the deal: Forget that this task of planet-saving is not possible in the time required. Don’t be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was impossible only after you are done.
— Paul Hawken, 2009 U. of Portland commencement speech (inpsiring & worth reading in its entirety)
