The route to thinking about, caring for, and contributing to, the happiness of other people, is found by first loving oneself. Continuous, inward-facing self-hatred helps no one. That’s my paraphrase of John’s sentiment from Roderick on the Line episode 60, at about 1:08:00. He points specifically to the northwest during the grunge era. But that form of self-reflection continues to this day inside of chronic self-deprecants, of which I have too often been one.
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… all around me there are people who have never learned to endure dissatisfaction and I do not admire them. – John Roderick. Roderick on the Line, episode 54.
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I continue to like Merlin Mann’s podcasts. A few weeks ago I stumbled upon Back to Work. Being familiar with You Look Nice Today I figured it had to be good, so I jumped in without a clue what it was about. Turns out to be centered on: fear happiness no-fluff life hacks creative work In episode 14, some things that really struck a chord with me were related to job unhappiness.
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