I’m a HODLer of last resort.

If the person stays great
If they leave, you remain well

If money comes great
If it doesn’t come you know how to live with less

If recognition arrives great
If it doesn’t arrive your peace doesn’t depend on it

“One of the great puzzles in life is how do people find their vocation? How do people find their core identity, their talents? And I sometimes think of it as like passing a metal detector over the ground, and very occasionally something will let off a little beep, a beep of intensity, of interest, heightened thoughtfulness, and you think, there's a fragment here below the ground of my true self. Now, my true self is shattered, or it came in disassembled form, it's buried, it's scattered over a vast area, and the task of life is to recreate it from hints. And I think that, you know, one of the great challenges, I mean, I think one of the big, big challenges, and it happens to every young person, is what should I do with my life? It's one of these central questions of philosophy in a way, because unless you're a very rare person, you will have to assemble a vision of your future. It's not going to come ready-made, and there won't be a voice from the sky going, you are an accountant, or you are a downhill skier. It's going to be something you have to assemble, and you'll assemble it in bits. You'll have to recreate the original statue of you that was shattered a long time ago and that lies across a vast area. So like an archaeologist of the self, you have to build that up, and you have to build it out of those little beeps”
Alain de Botton

I was afraid that if I stayed here with her, I would be humiliated and mistreated.

No matter what life throws at you- take responsibility.
Own it.
Shape it.
Rise from it.
Never let another person or situation decide the meaning of your life.
That power is yours alone.

Being right is the loneliest victory in the world.

Kintsugi.
The art of repairing broken things with gold.
When a bowl or vase breaks in Japan, they don’t throw it away — they repair it. But instead of hiding the cracks, they fill them with gold. And the piece becomes more beautiful than it was before.

Kintsugi is a metaphor for life.

You will break.
You will fail.
You will be hurt.

But that doesn’t make you worthless. It makes you real. And when you repair yourself — when you put the pieces back together — those cracks become part of your story. They are not something to hide; they are something to honour.

Because the strongest people aren’t the ones who never broke. They’re the ones who broke, rebuilt themselves, and carried that gold with them.

So if you’re going through something hard right now, remember this:
You are not damaged — you are being transformed.
And the version of you that comes out the other side will be stronger, wiser, and more beautiful than before.

Don’t hide your scars.
Let them shine.

Жак излизаше, спускаше се надолу по улицата и се мяташе в някой от претъпканите трамвай, от чиито стъпала като гроздове висяха работници на път към своите квартали.
Притиснати един към друг в жегата, всички мълчаха, и възрастните, и детето, с мисъл единствено за дома, който ги очакваше, потяха се тихо, примирени с този живот, разделен между бездушния труд, преходите напред-назад в пълните до пръсване трамвай и накрая - насъщния сън.
Когато Жак ги гледаше някой вечери, сърцето му се свиваше. Дотогава беше познавал само богатството и радостта на бедните. Но жегата, отегчението и умората му разкриваха тяхното проклятие, проклятието на окаяния труд, чиято безконечна монотонност успява да направи дните толкова дълги, а животът - твърде кратък.

There is a single definition of success. Look at your self in the mirror in the evening and wonder if you disappoint the person you were at 18.
Let him or her be the only judge.
Not your reputation, not your wealth, not your standing in the community, not the decorations on your lapel.
If you do not feel ashamed- then you are successful.
Nassim Taleb

Да бъдеш никой друг, освен себе си, в един свят, който ден и нощ прави всичко възможно, за да те направи като всички останали, означава да водиш най-тежката битка, която човек може да води — и никога да не спираш да се бориш.

"In almost every case, we use up our lives making money, when we should be using our money to gain time. To have money is to have time.Time can be bought. Everything can be bought. Only it takes time to be happy."

Camus on Bitcoin

"Врeмeтo e ocoбeнo.
Пoлугрaмoтнитe ca нa пoчит.
Бeзчecтнитe ca бoгaти.
Чecтнитe – нeчути.
Прeд Хрaмa дъни чaлгa, a Cв. Cинoд нe e рaзбрaл.
Тъкмo пoвoд дa кaжeтe кaтo милиoни прeди вac – „Иcкaм дa cъм чecтeн, нo ми прeчaт“.
Рядкo щe cтe прeд cъдбoвни избoри.
Рaзврaтът идe oт мaлкитe кoмпрoмиcи и oт eжeднeвнocттa нa злoтo.
Щe мacкирaтe cтрaхa cи кaтo рaзумнocт, aлчнocттa cи – кaтo прeдвидливocт, a бeзчecтиeтo cи – c изкуcнa aргумeнтaция.
Нo тoгaвa нe плeдирaйтe зa нeвиннocт – рaзcъдъкът мoжe и дa ви зaблуди; cърцeтo ви oбaчe знae.
Aкo избeрeтe cвeтлaтa cтрaнa, щe ви e труднo, вeрoятнo бeднo, мoжe би caмoтнo и – cъc cигурнocт – нecпрaвeдливo.
Нaгрaдa нe ce прeдвиждa.
И въпрeки тoвa тoзи избoр нeизмeннo гo прaви гoлямa чacт oт вac.
Тaкa чe, бъдeтe cпoкoйни – избoрът e вaш.
И нe търceтe oпрaвдaния.
Зaщoтo избoрът e вaш."
Криcтиaн Тaкoв