如果旅程本身就是目的地，就如同那些熱情擁抱當下的人常說的，我們必須學習如何成為更好的旅人。要成為更好的旅人，首先要找到自己的定位。現在的你身在何處？你希望待在這裡嗎？如果答案是否定的，那麼你想要前往何處？

No longer satisfied with what we already have, we treat our withdrawal pains by incrementally upping the dosage. More shoes, more booze, more sex, more food, more "likes," just more. This phenomenon is known as hedonic adaptation>

We are a product of evolution. Evolution is driven by survival not truth. In seeking truth we acknowledge that we need to do more than just survive in order to thrive.

You can't be everything to everyone. At some point you need to make a choice of what truly matters to you and why.

Minimalism is about creating space to live simply and meaningfully; it’s about living intentionally.

Because we all pick our reality from the slivers and hunks of our history, using our own special processing plant, the world we construct will always be different from anyone else’s world.

忙碌的生活容易讓我們的信念與言行分離。就像水一樣，我們傾向於選擇阻力最小的那條路徑。我們很難在每一天的忙碌中，養成新習慣。但是任何一位運動員都會告訴你，你得一再經歷肌肉撕裂與重新鍛鍊的過程。就像鍛鍊肌肉，我們也需要訓練、強化有意識的行動。

Between the unattainable intention of the author and the arguable intention of the reader, there is the transparent intention of the text, which refutes untenable interpretations.

Had I really been okay using comparison and busyness as an excuse for being stuck?

If you ask yourself “why” you will have to confront the truth behind what you want and what you do and the choices you made that got you there.