April 16, 2024

“The winter is not over, the summer is not in sight, work has piled up, and relationships are often frayed.”

2:35 AM

“I was a freshman and it was the first time I had been away from home. Everyone was a stranger, the courses were hard, and as the year wore on I felt more and more depressed. Eventually, it reached a point where I could hardly get out of bed in the morning. But every day I forced myself to get up, shower, shave, and do whatever it was I needed to do. One day I really hit a low point and I decided to ask for help, so I went to the teaching assistant in my psychology course and asked for her advice. “Are you going to your classes?” she asked. “Yes,” I replied. “Are you keeping up with your reading?” “Yes.” “Are you doing okay on your exams?” “Yes.” “Well,” she informed me, “then you’re not depressed.””

3:06 AM

“The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing *regardless of the outcome.*”

11:14 AM

“Maybe they haven’t found the cure for cancer, but the search was deeply meaningful.”

11:15 AM

“People are all born with a love of learning, but the fixed mindset can undo it”

11:35 AM