Doesn’t have to be a life motto. Any motto, for any application.

Mine is: “Fear is shorter than regret.”

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      If you can’t do something about a problem, worrying just gives you another problem. If you can do something about it, don’t waste energy worrying about it, just do the thing

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      I like this one, but looking at it from a different angle I say nice things about people behind their backs pretty regularly that I absolutely would not be prepared to say to their face cuz toxic masculinity. Anybody have tips on how I can keep working on the opposite of this problem? 😭

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    Batman in an interrogation room pins joker to the wall.

    Batman: “I’ve only got one rule”

    Joker: “Then that’s the rule you’re gonna have to break to get what you want”.

    Now I hate Marvell and all super hero movies but I do find that quote applies to a lot of things. You cant be a pacifist and have free and fair elections, or have open boarders and socialism, or have high tax or no tax, or strict policing or lax policing or whatever. Whatever you say is a law, or a line is something that people will exploit.

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    Brings to mind the bene gesserit litany against fear:

    I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.

    I often pair with:

    It is by will alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Sapho that thoughts acquire speed, the lips acquire stains, stains become a warning. It is by will alone I set my mind in motion.

    Which is a nice allegory for most any chemical stimulant (coffee).


    Everything is true, nothing is permitted.

    Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

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    90% of life is showing up.

    I use this every time I’m on the fence about going to an event or just curling up on the couch.

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    Paraphrased from Forrest Gump.

    “Well, I’ve come this far. Might as well keep going.”

    It’s great, because you just lie to yourself about the starting point of any task, and it doesn’t seem so bad.
    If I’ve survived from birth until now, then I guess I can survive doing the dishes.

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    “Different strokes for different folks.”

    It’s a reminder that your preferences aren’t the only acceptable way to feel. It’s OK if some people like things you don’t. On different scales, it’s a lesson in tolerance.

    It goes hand-in-hand with “Be excellent to each other.” Kindness goes far!

    Together I hope someday they lead to “Harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abounding.”

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    Don’t be “that guy”.

    Depending on the situation, whatever “that guy” is will be different, but generally I try not to be “that guy”. Very rarely “that guy” is a good guy, and then the whole philosophy breaks down, but most of the time that’s not the case, and I am happy trying not to be “that guy”.

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    Be the change you want to see in the world

    To me that means to live in a way that if everyone else did too, the world would be a better place. It obviously doesn’t gurantee that my moral compas always points to the right direction but it’s the only indication I’ve got about what’s right and what’s wrong. This also means that I don’t go out of my way doing some major charity work but just that I do my part no matter how insignificant it might feel because I believe that if everyone else did that too it would bring about a real change.