1. Austin Kleon, talking about parenting and also about the constant striving to be a better person:

If we want to raise whole human beings, we have to become whole human beings ourselves. This is the really, really hard work.

 

2. Trying to be a better, whole human being is indeed really hard and I have been struggling with it. But I am still on my “no more than 2 drinks a week” train, so that’s a win. I’ve thought of this a lot lately:

(Via)

Celebrate the small wins this weekend.