Sarah Jacquet‐Ray

And so we really have to figure out what is our motivation for doing these kinds of actions that isn't based on knowing that our actions are gonna make the difference we wanna see in the world. We have to find some non-instrumentalist

approach to why it is that we're doing those actions and I think that gives us permission to do things that are small not because we think that they will add up to anything big but because they themselves inherently are adding something positive into the world and that is a good enough reason to do it in and of itself.

approach to why it is that we're doing those actions and I think that gives us permission to do things that are small not because we think that they will add up to anything big but because they themselves inherently are adding something positive into the world and that is a good enough reason to do it in and of itself.

approach to why it is that we're doing those actions and I think that gives us permission to do things that are small not because we think that they will add up to anything big but because they themselves inherently are adding something positive into the world and that is a good enough reason to do it in and of itself.

The binary thinking that goes into either we're going to have an apocalypse or we're going to have a utopia means that we don't really think that we can do anything unless it's going to give us the utopia.

The binary thinking that goes into either we're going to have an apocalypse or we're going to have a utopia means that we don't really think that we can do anything unless it's going to give us the utopia.

The binary thinking that goes into either we're going to have an apocalypse or we're going to have a utopia means that we don't really think that we can do anything unless it's going to give us the utopia.

Yes. There's this kind of Western American consumer culture that sort of makes us think that everything is all about us. Right. Personalizing everything, aggrandizing our ego. And I think that there's some sort of beautiful invitation in seeing yourself in a collective that is also about saying, I don't actually matter that much. Right.

Yes. There's this kind of Western American consumer culture that sort of makes us think that everything is all about us. Right. Personalizing everything, aggrandizing our ego. And I think that there's some sort of beautiful invitation in seeing yourself in a collective that is also about saying, I don't actually matter that much. Right.

Yes. There's this kind of Western American consumer culture that sort of makes us think that everything is all about us. Right. Personalizing everything, aggrandizing our ego. And I think that there's some sort of beautiful invitation in seeing yourself in a collective that is also about saying, I don't actually matter that much. Right.

This sort of a counterintuitive instead of saying, oh, I'm going to show up in the world and make this big, huge, positive impact.

This sort of a counterintuitive instead of saying, oh, I'm going to show up in the world and make this big, huge, positive impact.

This sort of a counterintuitive instead of saying, oh, I'm going to show up in the world and make this big, huge, positive impact.

This kind of surrendering of the ego, the surrendering that you can be the savior that saves everything actually gives you permission to not be terribly effective all the time, gives you permission to find pleasure in the work, gives you permission to rest if you need to.

This kind of surrendering of the ego, the surrendering that you can be the savior that saves everything actually gives you permission to not be terribly effective all the time, gives you permission to find pleasure in the work, gives you permission to rest if you need to.

This kind of surrendering of the ego, the surrendering that you can be the savior that saves everything actually gives you permission to not be terribly effective all the time, gives you permission to find pleasure in the work, gives you permission to rest if you need to.

To know and recognize that you are certainly just a small creature in this big wide ocean of other people doing this kind of work who are collectively very important. If we attach too much to our achieving in our lifetime, that which we think we should do to save the planet, we will always, always, always feel like we're falling short. And that can be very undermining.

To know and recognize that you are certainly just a small creature in this big wide ocean of other people doing this kind of work who are collectively very important. If we attach too much to our achieving in our lifetime, that which we think we should do to save the planet, we will always, always, always feel like we're falling short. And that can be very undermining.

To know and recognize that you are certainly just a small creature in this big wide ocean of other people doing this kind of work who are collectively very important. If we attach too much to our achieving in our lifetime, that which we think we should do to save the planet, we will always, always, always feel like we're falling short. And that can be very undermining.

In addition, I think that this also invites us to tap into much more kind of humble, grounded, long-term engagement rather than this kind of, I need to be the savior, and if I'm not the savior, then I give up.