My Experiments in the Practice of Everyday Life

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This Saturday: a happiness quotation from Marguerite Yourcenar.

Yourcenar“Everything turns out to be valuable that one does for one’s self without thought of profit.” –Marguerite Yourcenar

This ties into my resolution to Spend out — that resolution encompasses several meanings, but it includes the self-admonition to stop worrying about what’s going to be most efficient and productive, and to be willing to wander, to follow my own interests, to experiment, and to fail.

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