⚡ The Sunday Spark [October 23, 2022]

The Sunday Spark!

Here is your weekly dose of The Sunday Spark ⚡️ a newsletter listing 5 inspiring things I thought were worth starting your week with:

1. 💞 My husband and I had a legitimate date night last week. It started with finding out our love languages because previously, I just guessed his and assumed he should know mine. Then we answered most of these 36 questions created for building intimacy. Please try them out and thank me later.

2. ⏳ This is an excellent and succinct summary of the book Four Thousand Weeks. You must have noticed I mentioned it several times in The Sunday Spark, so yes, I'm obsessed, read it soon.

3. 💡 If you're in the mood for some deep, almost poetic, reflections, please read 16 Life-Learnings from 16 Years of The Marginalian. Maria Popova added one lesson every year since she started sharing these learnings in year seven, but I feel like I'm reading them for the first time. The newly added lesson, #16, is fantastic and aligns with my blog post, Keep the Spotlight Shining on Them.

4. 📹 A 13-minute Ted Talk: Dan Harris: the benefits of not being a jerk to yourself. I loved every minute and laughed a lot. Dan's book 10% Happier is really good.

5. 💬 A perfect quote to echo the message of the previous video:

“A realization began to filter through: I can love others, even if I don't love myself. But the problem is, if they try to love me back, I will dismiss it, reject it, or push it away until they get tired of trying to convince me that I am worthy of their love, and then I will have the evidence that I am unlovable."

― A Year of Self-Love.

(Resurfaced through Readwise)

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