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When stressed we should ask ourselves, is this an actual threat? If it is an actual threat, then can I do anything about it?
The Art of Taking It Easy
Brian King
Carl Schmitt says it is a “sign of inner conflict to have more than one real enemy.”11 The same holds for friends. Following Schmitt, having more than one true friend would betoken a lack of character and definition. One’s many friends on Facebook would offer further proof of the late-modern ego’s lack of character and definition. In positive terms, such a human being without character is flexible, able to assume any form, play any role, or perform any function. This shapelessness—or, alternately, flexibility—creates a high degree of economic efficiency.
The Burnout Society
Han, Byung-Chul;
Let your impossible standards crash to the ground. Then pick a few meaningful tasks from the rubble and get started on them today.
Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman
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