Doesn’t have to be a life motto. Any motto, for any application.

Mine is: “Fear is shorter than regret.”

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      8 months ago

      I used to always say that to myself in my native language. Seems to be a pretty common saying it seems. In this days I some times still say it. But I don’t think I believe in it anymore.

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        Yeah, it’s been around for a while.

        Some say it’s a quote by Oscar Wilde, some say its John Lennon others say it comes from brazilian Author Fernando Sabino and because Paulo Coelho is the only brazilian author people remember it’s attributed to him too.

        You are not brazilian by chance?

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    “I like my coffee bitter, like life”

    “If it tastes good It is not healthy”

    Just to clarify, I am not a super healthy eater. I like to use this expression when the topic comes up to point out that there is no magic and is a miserable experience to lose weight and eat better, better to come to terms with it.

    Yeah. I am not a super positive person.

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      8 months ago

      To follow up with yours.

      “It has to be worth the calories.”

      If you’re going to eat unhealthy then make sure it’s damn tasty and not sad eating.

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        8 months ago

        That is the worst when it happens. Like the calories sure are there how they make this pizza/burguer/soda/whatever tastes so bland?

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    “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

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    “Anything that isn’t nothing”

    Helps me push through when executive dysfunction hits. Getting outside for even just a little bit is a whole lot better than staying inside while telling myself I’m going to run 3 miles, for example