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But whether it’s music(5) or art(18) or journaling(6), having some kind of hobby(21) and engaging in regular learning has consistently been shown to lower stress. And let’s face it: When you’re on your deathbed, do you really want to lie there thinking about how good your marathon times were? That’s why I play guitar. I practice three times a week for twenty to thirty minutes. That’s it. And considering that I played violin for thirteen years, practicing an hour every day, an hour a week of guitar is easy
Beyond Training
Ben Greenfield
Deep Work: Professional activities performed in a state of distraction-free concentration that push your cognitive capabilities to their limit. These efforts create new value, improve your skill, and are hard to replicate.
none of it cures my blues or removes the specter of my evening at the fair. Long ago, the defenses I built to withstand the stress of my childhood, to save what I had of myself, outlived their usefulness, and I’ve become an abuser of their once lifesaving powers. I relied on them to wrongly isolate myself, seal my alienation, cut me off from life, control others and contain my emotions to a damaging degree. Now the bill collector is knocking, and his payment’ll be in tears.
Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen
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