#do nothing – @cordeliaistheone on Tumblr

On living in the moment:

"So, she suggests at about 3 in the morning that we all run up the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomphe. I guess telling you about that now sounds a little bit exciting and fun, but at the time, I just thought, “Well, why would we do that?” and then, “What’s the point?” and then, “When we get there, then what will we do with our lives?” And I’m sort of analysing what the point of it is, and, “We live that way, and it seems a long way to go,” and everyone else is just not analysing, they’re just running. And I’m running as well, because of the peer pressure, because I’m FUN.”

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Simon Amstell - Do Nothing

This is also the greatest thing in the world and just fills me with joy! Because we’re all full of these weird anxieties and quirks that hold us back from being in the moment, yet in reality aren’t they all imagined? Isn’t the past just a story that we can either choose to accept or to let weigh us down? And when it comes to a choice between fear and love; why not choose love? Because after all - death is coming.

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the brilliant simon amstell’s full stand up “Do Nothing”

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cordeliaistheone

I did fall in love about five years ago. Fell in love. Five years ago. But with somebody I invented. Which isn't ideal. And he was based on somebody who existed, but because I had such low self-esteem I took every negative attribute I felt about myself, converted those into positive attributes, and projected those onto him - thus he would heal me, and complete me, in my life. A lot of it is narcissism really. I've realised my type is me, but better. Which I think is okay, I just need to find somebody who wants himself, but much much worse. I went to see him in this play that he was in and he was really vulnerable on stage, and I really like - vulnerability to me is quite sexually appealing. I don't know if you - like you know there are people who are more like "Well we know what we're doing, we've done it before, we'll do it again - everything's fine." To me it's much more sexy if someone's a bit more "Oh, I feel faint," you know? It's hot, right?

Simon Amstell - Do Nothing

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colourthysoul

An idiot will do anything, no matter how stupid, because he is afraid of what everybody will think of him if he does nothing. A genius, on the other hand, is content to do nothing, no matter what people think, if he can’t find anything worth doing.

Tom Upton

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