pathway to self-actualization

malena/designer/intj

[nihilistic-atsume]

[nihilistic-atsume]

[missmalena]

[missmalena]

I went to the library used bookstore for one specific book (Simone de Beauvoir). Walked out with six. Bring on all the existential reads!?

[missmalena]

Abandoning my current reads for Camus' second Notebook. CAN'T STOP, WON'T STOP.

[fattributes]

Honey Chipotle Chicken Tacos with Cilantro Slaw

[comforthings]

Going down to Florence, I spent a long time looking at faces, drinking in smiles. Am I happy or unhappy? It’s not a very important question. I live with such frenzied intensity. Things and people are waiting for me, and doubtless I am waiting for them and desiring them with all my strength and sadness. But, here, I earn the right to be alive by silence and by secrecy. The miracle of not having to talk about oneself.

Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942 (via comforthings)

[thelovejournals]

You are at once both the quiet and the confusion of my heart.

Franz Kafka, Lettters to Felice (via thelovejournals)

[comforthings]

But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.

Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942 (via comforthings)

[comforthings]

One must not cut oneself off from the world. No one who lives in the sunlight makes a failure of his life. My whole effort, whatever the situation, misfortunate or disillusion, must be to make contact again.

Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942 (via comforthings)

[happytripawd]

Cute Lu says hi

[fucktheory]

Ethics 101

[fucktheory]

The Birth of Difference

[fucktheory]

[missmalena]

business email glossary

thanks in advance: get this done by the time i press "send"

thanks for your interest: why'd you have to bring this up

would you be so kind: fucking do it

best: i have never physically met you

all best: this conversation is over

all my best: i wish you would die

happy to help: this is the easiest thing in my inbox

i hope this helps: i've done all i'm willing to do

i did a bit of research: i googled it, because you're too lazy to

sorry to chase: answer my email

so sorry to chase: answer my FUCKING email

i am really sorry for being a pest but: i am LIVID that you are ignoring me

please contact my colleague: this isn't my problem

i'm copying in my colleague: this isn't my problem and i am thrilled about it

i'll check and get back to you: i might forget to

i'll let you know when i hear anything: i will forget to

can you check back with me in a week?: i'm hoping you will forget to

per our earlier conversation: i just yelled at you on the phone

great to chat just now: you just yelled at me on the phone

thanks!: i'm not mad at you

thanks!!: please don't be mad at me

thanks!!!: i'm crying at my desk

please advise: this might be your fault

kindly advise: this is entirely your fault

mind if i swing by?: i'm already in the elevator

can you confirm for me: you told me before and i deleted the email

sorry if that was unclear: i think you're an idiot

let me know if you need anything else: please never contact me again

[missmalena]

📚The Empathy Exams: Essays by Leslie Jamison

[joshpeck]

me af