Category Archives: quotes

Morning mantra – I am worthy

Posted on June 2, 2018 by nomadoftheuniverse

Self-love has been a big theme for me this year. I leave you with this quote by Aletheia Luna, the founder of the shamanic healing web site Loner Wolf. I use it as a mantra each morning. I am worthy. … Continue reading →

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Fuck willpower. Let go instead.

Posted on March 17, 2018 by nomadoftheuniverse

Sometimes on Quora I find gems of insight and Daniel’s response below (to ‘What was your red pill realisation?’) is one of those. I’ve been beating myself up forever about not having enough willpower to achieve my goals (which I … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week

Posted on January 27, 2018 by nomadoftheuniverse

I watched ‘The Last Shaman’ on Netflix last night and I loved this quote. Stop looking for love elsewhere (in material riches, in other people) – find it in yourself first.

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‘To Anyone Who Thinks They’re Falling Behind’ by @jamieveron #happiness

Posted on December 16, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

This is the best manifesto I’ve read in the last couple of months. FOMO, feeling inadequate, pushing yourself to achieve what you think you should be achieving, comparing yourself to others, beating yourself up about not measuring up to your … Continue reading →

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How do you handle negative people in your life when they are your loved ones? #happiness

Posted on December 9, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I post on Quora (you can find my answers here). The question in the title attracted my attention because this is something I am trying to figure out (my take on it is here). But it’s Rosalyn’s answer (right) that blew my … Continue reading →

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‘One day, I woke up and decided I deserved the best in life and no one was going to get in my way’

Posted on December 2, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I occasionally like to catch up on the latest music by using lists like Grammy nominees. This week I listened to Khalid, an American singer and songwriter. It is what he said on Twitter that got me the most. This … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week #happiness

Posted on September 23, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

Happiness is not some absolute super positive state that once achieved rids you of all your problems. Nirvana, enlightenment is a result of a path ridden with obstacles, full of hard truths about yourself and lots and lots of hard … Continue reading →

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What can I do with my time that is important?

Posted on September 2, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

Passion. Life purpose. Meaning. The big goal. Life calling. As I was reading on the subject over the years, I struggled to summarise what I learnt in one neat action plan. Mark Manson did it and did it really well. … Continue reading →

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Knowing, understanding yourself and your strengths is key to your happiness

Posted on August 19, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

This year I felt like I wanted to get a good picture of my strengths, finally, so I invested in several studies – I did one through work (Strengthscope), I did Via Strengths (free but you pay for detailed report) … Continue reading →

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How I found my life’s passion by asking myself these ridiculous questions, by @IAmMarkManson

Posted on July 22, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

Mark Manson is awesome, you guys. I loved his book and I LOVED his recent post on finding life passion. He has a talent to dissect some of the biggest life questions, bring out the top insight and deliver it in … Continue reading →

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The School of Life Career Crisis cards #purpose #meaning #happiness

Posted on March 4, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

For me happiness has many levels. I am happy where I am, but I also want to grow. Overcoming my internal blocks and realising my purpose in life, doing what I was born to do, placed on this Earth to … Continue reading →

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How to live a good life #happiness

Posted on February 18, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve been recently exploring the idea of realising life purpose or calling in work that we do. Almost by accident I stumbled into this book by Jonathan Fields. It’s not about living your purpose as such but it has amazing … Continue reading →

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What stands in the way becomes the way #happiness

Posted on February 4, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I thought I’d share this post about the book that Linkedin VP of talent apparently gives to his colleagues – it contains great book recommendation as well as motivational one liners like the one in the headline or How you do anything is how you … Continue reading →

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How to be happy in marriage – appreciate the context and adjust your expectations

Posted on January 28, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse

I am a big fan of Alain de Botton. He manages to poetically capture the essence of modern life struggles, throws a life ring of information and proposes reframing exercises to shed light on the big existential questions we seem … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year!

Posted on January 14, 2017 by nomadoftheuniverse
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