“The objective of cleaning is not just to clean, but to feel happiness living within that environment.” —Marie Kondo

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain!” —Dolly Parton

“When you get behind the wheel of a car, you take your life—and everyone else’s around you—into your own hands…people become different when they get behind the wheel.” —my dad

“Our excessive possessions are not making us happy. Even worse, they are taking us away from the things that do. Once we let go of the things that don't matter, we are free to pursue all the things that really do matter.” —Joshua Becker

“Simply put, humans are not wired to be constantly wired.” —Cal Newport

“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.” —Jack Kerouac

“During my senior year of college, I attended a capping ceremony. A group of my friends had decorated a graduation cap…”

“One day becomes another, now becomes then.” —Fredrik Backman

“When I was a kid, I would sometimes play simple videogames in which the objective was…”

“Yeah. I did what the title says. In 2025, I challenged myself…”

On December 26, 2025, I sat on my couch with my dog, staring at the pile of books on the table in front of me.

“Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements.” —James Clear

“Happiness is a warm puppy.” —Charles Schulz

“All the world's a stage/And all the men and women merely players.” —Shakespeare

“I am a person who believes in asking questions, in not conforming for the sake of conforming. I am deeply dissatisfied—about so many things, about injustice, about the way the world works—and in some ways, my dissatisfaction drives my storytelling.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

“Technological change is neither additive nor subtractive. It is ecological…A new technology does not add or subtract something. It changes everything.” —Neil Postman

“A penny saved is a penny earned.” —Benjamin Franklin and others

“Sometimes the things you’ve lost can be found again in unexpected places.” —Lemony Snicket