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Important things stay important, and only the ruler changes 📏

A chubby matte plastic model kit penguin holding a realistic yellow tape measure, with a few balloons floating up behind
Not Nothing

Being tiny in the universe does not mean that nothing is important.

Still Important

Feeding a baby and paying the rent stay important.

New Ruler

What changes is the ruler that measures what is important.

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Sort your worries with the universe ruler
📌 Still important
🎈 Floated away
A typo in my message
Feed the baby
What people thought of my shoes
My post got only 3 likes
Pay the rent
I said "You too!" when the waiter said "Enjoy your meal."
I forgot my umbrella
Is it still important, even from space?
📌 Yes. That one stays.
🎈 Bye-bye, little worry!
📌 Wait! This one stays important. Even the universe agrees.
📏 The universe ruler says: tiny! Let it float. 🎈
All sorted! 0 worries floated away, and the important things stayed. 📏
99 Percent

Oliver Burkeman says that with the new ruler, 99% of our worries are not worth worrying about.

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