can we normalize returning summaries to the backs of the books again instead of reviews and praises? i just want to know what the book is about.

neuroscience shows that when you focus on the good in life, your brain literally requires itself to look for even more good -this is the magic of neuroplasticity. what you repeatedly notice, your brain gets better at finding.

Read this quote today and haven't stopped thinking about it: "If you kill a cockroach, you are a hero. If you kill a butterfly, you are evil. Morality, therefore, has aesthetic standards."

me: reads a book, likes it a lot. me: thinks about the book in the shower, whilst falling asleep, whilst existing. also me: forgets the plot 1 week later.

read banned books

buy banned books. pass it on.

I’m soo in love with this sentence: “The strongest version of you is buried under the habits you’re afraid to break.”

The brain is designed to learn through constant repetition and active, hands-on involvement. Through such practice and persistence, any skill can be mastered. Show up, put in the reps, and let neuroplasticity do the rest.

fun fact: you're probably someone's biggest crush.

do you know how humbling it is to open your notes app and find a "million dollar idea" you wrote at 2 a.m.?

growing up is realizing "I'll remember this" has never once worked. not one time. the notes app has an entire graveyard of "wait what was this about."

real discipline is when nobody's watching, nobody's counting, and you still close the 14 tabs before bed.

nothing humbles you like rereading your old writing and realizing the person who wrote it doesn't live here anymore. the sentences used to arrive on their own. now you chase every word. that voice is gone, and you're the one who spent it.

have you ever finished a book and thought, 'okay, i’m reading everything this person writes'?

watching your collection of books grow is actually so fun until you have to move

wishing i was fluent in every language just to read their poetry and literature in its truest form without a translation pulling it apart.

☐ single ☐ taken ☒ waiting for my favorite fictional character to exist into reality

nothing beats the feeling of not being able to stop reading a book because of how good it is.

we romanticized being detached because admitting "l really fucking love you and losing you would hurt me" requires a type of gangster this generation doesn't respect enough.