for all my fellow serious, deep thinkers out there — how do you keep things light when it’s needed? asking for a friend

software, yapping, & asking "why?" 👩‍💻🎶🎤😴🔁

playing /bracket, assisting /bracky, talking /greatbooks

thanks for taking me seriously, lightly! if your internal monologue leads to this kind of interaction, I’m sold :)

Seriousness is usually about feeling like there are problems we need to solve.

What helps me be light is a feeling of “We’ll figure it all out.” Trusting your future self allows you to take everything lightly.

depends. are you talking about light in socializing with other people or light in a personal mindfulness way?

Apply the “sandwich technique”

step 1) apply fake compliments
step 2) insert criticisms and disagreements
step 3) apply fake compliments

step 4) abolish all that nonsense and find people who are humble enough to welcome disagreement.

Note: sandwich technique only works when compliments are genuine imo

I like Eric’s take. De-centering self helps a lot.