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Intellectual baby

10.02.2015 by Suzanne // Leave a Comment

“From the vantage point of any moment in our lives, we look back on ourselves, say, five years earlier and we think, ‘What a spiritual embryo I was, what an intellectual baby!’ And yet, that very vantage point, when looked at from five years into the future, will look just as primitive a version of who we are then.”

Maria Popova via a Q&A on The Tim Ferriss Show

I listened to this podcast on my morning commute, and the phrases “spiritual embryo” and “intellectual baby” are stuck in my head. If you don’t read Brain Pickings, I endorse it, as well as the bite-size Tumblr version called Explore.

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The Wilder

By day, I manage editorial teams, and by night, I manage a goofy, red-headed toddler and a suburban house. I dabble in writing of all kinds: blogs about domesticity and motherhood, fragments of a novel, heartfelt essays, and occasional magazine articles about interesting places and people.

I like drinking coffee, cooking without recipes, reading literary fiction and watching whimsical mystery shows. Read More…

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