Monday, July 21, 2014

Commonplace July 21, 2014

Love people not pleasure by Arthur C Brooks

How Kobe Bryant wants to be remembered: 'To think of me as a person that’s overachieved, that would mean a lot to me. That means I put a lot of work in and squeezed every ounce of juice out of this orange that I could.'

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/17-examples-of-kobe-bryants-insane-work-ethic-2013-8?op=1#ixzz38DIVLsIl

Saturday, July 5, 2014

Commonplace July 5, 2014

http://theunboundedspirit.com/how-not-to-be-offended/

"
every statement, action and reaction of another human being is the sum result of their total life experience to date. In other words, the majority of people in our world say and do what they do from their own set of fears, conclusions, defenses and attempts to survive. Most of it, even when aimed directly at us, has nothing to do with us. Usually, it has more to do with all the other times, and in particular the first few times, that this person experienced a similar situation, usually when they were young."

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
  • Dr. Seuss

http://mcat38.blogspot.com/ How to get a 38 on the MCAT

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

Commonplace June 29, 2014

Ann Perkins: wait wait wait, don't you ever just take a second to enjoy things?
I just said 'let's get to work' how else do people enjoy things? - Leslie Knope

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Commonplace July 1, 2014

Life is lived easiest if you live for other people.
Chores become gifts, it's a matter of perspective.

I occasionally get addicted to gaming, it's not a promiscuous affiliation.
I get addicted to multiplayers specifically, especially multiplayers I become good at.
Solos, and being alone just don't do it for me.
Even in my second life, I love to live for other people.
Joy comes in helping others the way I want to help them...

I wash dishes not because they're time with my hands in warm water
Peaceful and calming, it's not meditative
It's for my mother.
I wash dishes not because if I don't do it someone else, my mother, will have to
But because I want to,
It's for my mother.

A large portion of my day should be dedicated to studying,
but I often find it hard to, what is motivation I often find myself asking.
It's certainly not for the picture of me in a cubicle taking and acing my exam.
It's not because my back is against the wall and without the ticket, this exam embodies, I cannot reach my future.
It's not because of you and it's not because of me.
It's not to impress you as that would be, for me.
It's not anger at myself, or the world that drives me.
It's not for a general future that seems less and less tangible with every iteration.
What is it then, why am I supposed to be studying.

Life is lived easiest if you live for other people.