J. Redel

100 People Succeeding Is A Signal

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When researching strategies, emphasize patterns over stories.

One person succeeding means nothing. 100 people succeeding is a signal.

—James Clear

  • Stop Looking For Someone To Complete Your Life
    Your death is more certain than your wedding day. Stop looking for someone to complete your life. You’re not missing a man. You’re missing the life you’re too busy waiting to live. — J. Redel
  • When You Rise, Kiss The Tombstone of Your Past
    When you rise, kiss the tombstone of your past and step barefoot into the garden of the future… — Maria Popova from poem How to Change Your Life
  • Then You Must Know About Grief
    Tell it this way: depression is the 30cm nail driving into the walls. If  you ever read about Plath… ever tended a garden it grew so wild to swallow god, ever kept dressing the fire in your bones, then you must know about grief — NOME EMEKA PATRICK from poem Sylvia Plath as an Old… Read more: Then You Must Know About Grief
  • So I Dated Unsuitable Men
    So I went back to an old lover To get over you. But it turned outHe didn’t want me. So I dated unsuitable menAnd went unsuitable places. I behaved badly. There was even a guyWith worse teeth than you. —I didn’t know your teeth were bad.You should have told me.— Finally, I sat down and… Read more: So I Dated Unsuitable Men
  • My Relationship To Reality Is Already Fraught
    My relationship to reality is already fraught. The hours I give to volcano podcasts and vampire T.V. shows prove that I am susceptible to disconnection. — Roni Blankenhorn from poem Mise en Abime