Celeste Currie - NotesShort pieces, as they land.2026-09-21T12:05:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/Celeste Currie21 September 20262026-09-21T12:05:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/magic-is-organising-chaos/<p>“Magic is organising chaos. And while oceans of mystery remain, we have deduced that this requires two things. Balance and control. Without them, chaos will kill you.”</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T12:00:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/everything-goes-full-circle/<p>Pretty much everything goes full circle.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:55:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/do-you-believe-in-magic/<p>The other week some students asked me if I believe in magic. What followed was a conversation about what magic is, how we find it in the world and then a detour into quantum physics and life after death. I'll probably remember that one for a long time.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:50:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/lesser-greater-middling/<p>“Lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same. Proportions are negotiated, boundaries blurred. I'm not a pious hermit, I haven't done only good in my life. But if I'm to choose between one evil and another, then I prefer not to choose at all.”</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:45:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/fewer-fucks/<p>I've found the more I age, the less I actually care about; literally no fucks given about most things. But the things I do care about are the things that get my time and energy. Exactly as it should be.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:40:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/too-many-variables/<p>Too many variables make things complicated. Complications are tiring.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:35:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/to-be-neutral/<p>“To be neutral does not mean to be indifferent or insensitive. You don't have to kill your feelings. It's enough to kill hatred within yourself.”</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:30:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/complicating-the-simple/<p>Humans are really good at complicating things that are quite simple.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:25:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/capacity-not-mindset/<p>Most people think they have a mindset problem when in reality it's a capacity problem.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:20:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/restoring-the-balance/<p>Nobody wants to hurt or feel sad, but many great things have come from a place of pain. I see it as the universe's way of restoring the balance.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:15:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/wellness-culture/<p>I really dislike wellness culture. Please take your matcha smoothie and your ice bath and politely fuck off.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:10:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/doing-less/<p>Doing less makes space for greater frequency in fewer things.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:05:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/get-it-wrong-faster/<p>You will get things wrong and make choices that don't heed results. It's part of the process - and the faster you get it wrong, the sooner you'll get it right.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T11:00:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/short-term-thinking/<p>We've become conditioned to believe that if something doesn't happen immediately, it's not going to work at all. Short term thinking and instant gratification are the enemy of many great plans.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:55:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/proactive-or-reactive/<p>You can be proactive or reactive. You'll have a natural disposition toward one, but it's still trainable.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:50:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/useful-beats-vulnerable/<p>Being useful beats being vulnerable.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:45:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/every-myth-has-roots/<p>“Every myth, every fable must have some roots. Something lies among those roots.”</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:40:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/winners-and-losers/<p>In my experience winners often don't know how to lose. When it happens they either lose the plot or fade into obscurity. Losers on the other hand, learn how to persist and deal with disappointment, so when they finally figure out how to win, they become an entirely different animal.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:35:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/carrying-what-isnt-yours/<p>It's always useful to ask if you're making something yours, when it isn't actually yours. Carrying things that don't belong to you is one of the easiest ways to spend capacity.</p>
21 September 20262026-09-21T10:30:00Zhttps://celestecurrie.com/notes/curiosity-over-motivation/<p>Curiosity is more useful than motivation.</p>