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From the universe, you are tiny, and that makes you free 🌌

A chubby brushed mohair penguin standing on a snowy hill looking up through a realistic small brass telescope at a pastel dusk sky
Big Views

When you see heavy snow or a huge view, your stress can suddenly go away.

A Tiny Dot

This is because you remember that you are a tiny dot in the universe.

⚡ TRY IT
Zoom out from your worry
😣 I sent a message with a typo!
📍 You are here
❄️ A snowy garden 🏙️ The city 🗾 The country 🌍 The Earth 🌌 The universe
😣 Size of my worry: 100%
Tap 🔭 to zoom out.
The world gets bigger. The worry stays the same size.
Oh. It's fine. 🌌 (Cosmic insignificance therapy™… not really trademarked.)
His Joke

Oliver Burkeman calls this "cosmic insignificance therapy," and says he trademarked it (he did not).

Free To Try

If you are tiny, a mistake is not the end of the world, so you become free.

📚 I learned this from Oliver Burkeman's newsletter. Read the original (English)
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