The Moment You Give Up You Start Looking For Excuses , The Moment You Think You Can Do It You Find A

No life is the same, not exactly. Though we are connected though our experiences no life mimics another. Every story book just as complex and beautiful as the author who writes it.

"Sonder" — noun. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own.

All studyblrs out there, I just wanted to say:

YOUR NOTES NEED NOT BE BEAUTIFUL

OR PERFECT

THEY DON'T NEED TO BE IMMACULATE

CROSSING OUT IS OKAY

CROSS IT OUT AND TRY AGAIN. THAT'S LEARNING.

Your notes CAN be beautiful, perfect, without mistakes. In fact you should be proud of them. But at the same time, crossings out do not make notes any less valuable.

"But ohh they make it look ugly" "ohh but crossing out means I got it wrong"

NO!

You did good.

Crossing it out is recognising that you got it wrong.

Let me ask you this:

How would you know it was wrong if you didn't know what was correct?

The crossed out section is a testament to your learning and I think you should take pride in that as well. Nobody is perfect.

I want to see your imperfect notes with little scribbles and jottings.

Capture the essence of the feverish scholar frantically noting down their ideas as they rush towards a new horizon- their breakthrough. Their ultimate discovery. The thing they've been working on for their entire life.

Capture that essence of "I must, because it has to be done."

But again, at the same time, make them pretty! Put effort into their making! It's no different to a piece of art.

Your notes can be however you want them to be. They are for you and nobody else. If you take pride in them, their purpose is fulfilled.

Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

Love everyone so they know that everyone deserves love

Jefferson Bethke

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“you’re my best friend, now i’ve got no one to tell i’ve lost my best friend.”

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“I hope that you never, not even for one second, become a secondary character in your own story.”

— spanish teacher