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Nothing remarkable was ever created without an ‘obsessive’ level of focus brought to its creation.

7 Disgraceful Little Hacks the Most Productive People Don’t Want You to Know

Alex Mathers

We’ll never get the upper hand in our relationship with the moments of our lives because we are nothing but those moments. To “master” them would first entail getting outside of them, splitting off from them. But where would we go? “Time is the substance I am made of,” writes Jorge Luis Borges. “Time is a river that sweeps me along, but I am the river; it is a tiger which destroys me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire which consumes me, but I am the fire.” There’s no scrambling up to the safety of the riverbank when the river is you.

Four Thousand Weeks

Oliver Burkeman

April 30 is National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day, celebrated annually to raise awareness for the millions of animals waiting in shelters to find their fur-ever homes. The day aims to encourage people to adopt.

From Dogs to Rabbits, NPR Readers Share How Adopting Shelter Pets Impacted Them

Brittney Melton

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