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There are hundreds of ways to use the ACE formula. And keep in mind, you don’t have to stick to the sequence above: Acknowledge → Connect → Engage. Some people find it works better to first Connect with their body, and then to Acknowledge what’s going on inside, and then to Engage in what they’re doing.
The Happiness Trap
Russ Harris
Education is and should be primarily about intellectual navigation, about—I scruple not to say it—skimming well, and reading carefully for information in order to upload content. Slow and patient reading, by contrast, properly belongs to our leisure hours.
The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
Alan Jacobs
Clinging to suffering, paradoxically, is a way of trying to take care of ourselves. We’re convinced that the kernel of resolution will appear from somewhere inside the rubble of the problem. But usually the only thing that appears is more suffering…we’re left stuck in the rubble, scavenging for that unfindable gem of relief. So too, continually thinking about what hurts makes us feel that our pain matters, that it didn’t happen for no reason, and that it won’t be forgotten.
Can't Stop Thinking
Nancy Colier and Stephan Bodian
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