#92: absence of desire
👋 Welcome to the 92nd issue of Out of Curiosity, a weekly newsletter promoting ideas to help get 1% better everyday.
My name is Reza, and every week, I go through nearly 100 pieces of content (from books and podcasts to newsletters and tweets), and bring you the best in this newsletter.
🌅 Choose being happy over being right. Too often, we sacrifice inner peace in order to make a point. It’s rarely worth it.
→ 30 small habits to lead a more peaceful life
Happiness is the absence of desire. Desire is a contract you make with yourself until you get what you want. We go about our lives desiring things all day long and wonder why we're unhappy. One overwhelming desire, let go of everything else.
🤖 Now, the next generation? Gen Alpha? I can only imagine the loss they will feel. They are on track to never know friendship without AI chatbots, or learning without VR classrooms, or life without looking through a Vision Pro. They are being born into a world already anxious and atomised. My guess is that one day they will find family photo albums and hear stories about how their Millennial parents met and be hit with anemoia.
😴 Sacrificing sleep is like taking out a high-interest loan on your health. You might gain a few extra hours now, but the long-term costs are devastating.
→ Some real helpful sleep reminders
🥰 What makes you unique is not your specific attributes. It’s your specific ties to the network around you.
→ Friendships form via shared context, not shared activities
👋 Until next week,
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