Articles to read

Instapaper increased the yearly subscription price to $60. They probably have their reasons. But I cannot afford it. I need a way to move all my bookmarked articles out of Instapaper to somewhere else. The question is where should they be moved to?
1. One drawback with moving out of Instapaper is, we will lose the “search the article text” feature.
I looked at Nextcloud bookmarks as an option. The whole Nextcloud ecosystem seems choppy right now. I am not sold on it 100%.
In retrospect, managing them in an org file makes much more sense - considering the following reasons.
1. I am a heavy Emacs user.
2. The flexibility we get with plain text is amazing. I can group them, sort them, prioritize them, do whatever I want very easily. It is also very easy to keep track of the articles that I already read.
3. I will know the sources of the articles just by looking at the url.
  1. It helps with evaluating subscriptions for various sources like wired, wsj, barrons, etc.
  2. If a subscription is ending, we can focus on reading those articles first.

Mythology

Quote from the book ‘Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance’ - Who is Achilles without his tendon? Who is Samson without Delilah? Who is Oedipus without his clubfoot?

Who is Europa in mythology?

What can chaos teach us about life?

Psychology

Want to Be Happier? Use These Five Charts to Improve Your Life.: https://www.thefp.com/p/sahil-bloom-want-to-be-happier-use-these-five-charts
The Surprising Benefits of Talking Out Loud to Yourself: https://time.com/7177294/talking-out-loud-to-yourself-benefits/
Descartes and the Discovery of the Mind-Body Problem: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/descartes-and-the-discovery-of-the-mind-body-problem
How We Sort the World: Gregory Murphy on the Psychology of Categories: https://mit.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7946b0dd9aa4be20bd535d6b5&id=c671fb224a&e=a05f0b3700
Box Breathing: How to Use This Military Technique to Relieve Stress - https://www.wellandgood.com/box-breathing/
https://www.fastcompany.com/91172419/the-secret-to-delivering-constructive-criticism-according-to-a-psychologist?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fentrepreneurship
Doctors Gave Her Antipsychotics. She Decided to Live With Her Voices. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/magazine/antipsychotic-medications-mental-health.html
The ‘melancholic joy’ of living in our brutal, beautiful world | Psyche Ideas - https://psyche.co/ideas/the-melancholic-joy-of-living-in-our-brutal-beautiful-world
Feel free to stop striving: learn to relish being an amateur | Psyche Ideas - https://psyche.co/ideas/feel-free-to-stop-striving-learn-to-relish-being-an-amateur
The psychology of selling. - https://medium.com/@austincoleschafer/the-psychology-of-selling-1bfea4cd127
https://psyche.co/ideas/why-listening-well-can-make-disagreements-less-damaging?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
he “5-4-3-2-1” Technique is the easiest way to calm down: https://www.bustle.com/wellness/adult-tantrum-therapists
How to Turn Off Harmful Stress Like a Switch: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/how-to-turn-off-harmful-stress-like-a-switch?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-four-desires-driving-all-human-behavior-bertrand-russell-s-magnificent-nobel-prize-acceptance?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us
https://www.yourtango.com/self/cheat-codes-give-introverts-unfair-advantage-life

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