funny
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Streaks
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The artist never stops, continuing a streak of a thousand days. Each day, rain or shine, they either pop with energy or force it. Discipline is freedom; fulfillment is worth every penny. Consistency is not neutral. Bowing down to habit ensures the only possible outcome. The brevity of life requires a sense of urgency and…
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How to survive a plunge from a waterfall
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You know when you’re going over a waterfall and there’s no way to avoid it? Life throws challenges at you. That’s why this tutorial on diving from a waterfall — a real one, not the metaphor for life’s hurdles — will come handy. Oddly enough, the figure in the how-to image looks exactly like Harrison…
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I weighed the prose and the cons
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Letters to a young poet ✍️ Follow @wellsbaum on Instagram
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Book review bingo
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When it comes to book reviews, authors have to take the good with the bad. But writer Paraic O’Donnell has created a bingo of book reviews all cliche and positive in nature. Needless to say, I’d love to see an indifferent version. But maybe that’s what the FREE SPACE is for.
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Tsundoku 📚
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Tsundoku is a Japanese word for collecting reading materials like books without ever reading them. We thought the Kindle may have resolved the hoarding problem, but even that device can become bloated. Physical or digital, the same rules apply: we often purchase books and forget about them. Perhaps surrounding ourselves with books isn’t a bad…