{"id":1663,"date":"2022-10-16T21:48:59","date_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/?p=1663"},"modified":"2022-10-16T21:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-10-16T20:48:59","slug":"nihil-volitum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/10\/16\/nihil-volitum\/","title":{"rendered":"Nihil volitum\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\u2026Nisi praecognitum<\/em>. This is one of the few phrases I know in Latin, and it roughly means that <strong>you cannot desire what you do not know<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"450\" data-attachment-id=\"1667\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/pexels-photo-1207875\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?fit=1880%2C1253&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1880,1253\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"closeup photo of primate\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo by Andre Mouton on &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/closeup-photo-of-primate-1207875\/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Pexels.com&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?fit=676%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=676%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Monkey with a mirror in their hands, looking at their reflection\" class=\"wp-image-1667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=18%2C12&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?resize=676%2C451&amp;ssl=1 676w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?w=1880&amp;ssl=1 1880w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/pexels-photo-1207875.jpeg?w=1352&amp;ssl=1 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It came to my mind today, along with this other phrase I read in a book by Laura Chica: <em><strong>Accept yourself. Love yourself. Improve yourself. In this order.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Very often in the world of personal development, we want to start at the very end: we become obsessed with trying to improve, overcoming our defects, and \u201cfixing\u201d the parts of our life that we don\u00b4t think are going well. We try to change our \u201cbad habits\u201d just by using willpower, making huge efforts along the way only to get poor results that are not sustainable. It\u00b4s as if we were trying to swim against the tide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wanting to change, to evolve, to improve, is a very positive thing. But if we approach it from a place of judgment and self-criticism, then all we\u00b4re really doing is beating ourselves up. Loving and accepting ourselves as we are is the necessary previous step for any long-lasting and successful life change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But of course, this is much easier said than done; how can we get to the point of accepting and loving ourselves? The answer also comes to us from old wisdom, this time in Greek, through the famous inscription that used to decorate the front of Apollo\u00b4s temple in Delfos: <em>\u03b3\u03bd\u03c9\u03b8\u03b9 \u03c3\u03b5\u03b1\u03c5\u03c4\u03cc\u03bd<\/em>. <strong>Know thyself<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It makes sense, doesn\u00b4t it? How are we going to love ourselves if we don\u00b4t even know ourselves? The better we know ourselves, the more we will understand ourselves, it\u00b4s that simple. As we dive deeper into the adventure of self-discovery, we will start becoming aware of what motivates us and what scares us, what our deepest desire is, why we do what we do (and what for), and it will become easier for us to forgive, accept, and finally love ourselves. And once we love ourselves, change happens from the inside out, without the need to force anything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, instead of starting at the end as so many times before, I encourage you to start at the beginning, by looking at yourself in the mirror and setting out on your inward journey:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Know yourself, accept yourself, love yourself, improve yourself. In this order.<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;Nisi praecognitum. \u00c9sta es una de las pocas frases que conozco en lat\u00edn, y m\u00e1s o menos viene a decir que no se puede desear lo que no se conoce. Hoy me ha venido a la memoria junto con esta otra frase que le\u00ed en un libro de Laura Chica: Ac\u00e9ptate. \u00c1mate. Sup\u00e9rate. En ese &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/10\/16\/nihil-volitum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Nihil volitum\u2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":3116429,"featured_media":1667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"BinaryWords - Nihil volitum...","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Refrescando mi lat\u00edn y mi griego \/ Brushing up my Latin and Greek","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4990,5001],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-inspiracion-inspiration","category-palabras-words","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3DPtR-qP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":143,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2021\/05\/24\/una-frase-en-la-pared\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":0},"title":"A sentence up on the wall","author":"binarybea","date":"24\/05\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"De vez en cuando voy a ir dejando por aqu\u00ed alguna frase o cita de las que m\u00e1s me resuenan. Esta la vi por primera vez cuando era peque\u00f1a, en una revista, y en aquel momento no la entend\u00ed del todo, pero me llam\u00f3 la atenci\u00f3n: Un hombre s\u00f3lo posee\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiraci\u00f3n&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiraci\u00f3n","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/inspiracion-inspiration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200716_135449_750.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200716_135449_750.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200716_135449_750.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200716_135449_750.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IMG_20200716_135449_750.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1049,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/06\/19\/frases-intraducibles-food-for-thought\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":1},"title":"Untranslatable sentences: food for thought","author":"binarybea","date":"19\/06\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Como ya he dicho un par de veces en este mismo blog, hay algunas frases en ingl\u00e9s que me encantan y para las que no encuentro una buena traducci\u00f3n al espa\u00f1ol, y viceversa. La frase que me ha venido hoy a la cabeza es \"food for thought\", que b\u00e1sicamente viene\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiraci\u00f3n&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiraci\u00f3n","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/inspiracion-inspiration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1111372.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1111372.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1111372.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1111372.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/pexels-photo-1111372.jpeg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":524,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2021\/11\/21\/otra-frase-en-la-pared\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":2},"title":"Another phrase up on the wall","author":"binarybea","date":"21\/11\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Siguiendo con el recorrido tur\u00edstico por mi casa, os ense\u00f1o aqu\u00ed otra frase de las que decoran las paredes, en este caso del cuarto de mis hijas, regalo de su prima Isabel: \"No te estoy diciendo que ser\u00e1 f\u00e1cil, te estoy diciendo que valdr\u00e1 la pena.\" Esta frase me encanta\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Arte&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Arte","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/arte\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/facil_valdra_la_pena.jpg?fit=736%2C1062&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/facil_valdra_la_pena.jpg?fit=736%2C1062&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/facil_valdra_la_pena.jpg?fit=736%2C1062&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/facil_valdra_la_pena.jpg?fit=736%2C1062&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":700,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/02\/20\/frases-intraducibles-o-casi\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":3},"title":"Untranslatable sentences (or nearly)","author":"binarybea","date":"20\/02\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Seguramente os habr\u00e9is dado cuenta de que este blog es biling\u00fce: se publica en espa\u00f1ol (o castellano), y tambi\u00e9n en ingl\u00e9s. Tengo la suerte de hablar los dos idiomas, y adem\u00e1s soy traductora aficionada, as\u00ed que con este blog disfruto por partida doble: primero escribiendo el post de la semana,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Intraducibles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Intraducibles","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/intraducibles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Wooden scrabble-like letters in a pile","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1200%2C857&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1200%2C857&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1200%2C857&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1200%2C857&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pexels-photo-278887.jpeg?fit=1200%2C857&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1194,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2022\/08\/15\/frases-intraducibles-back-to-basics\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":4},"title":"Untranslatable sentences: back to basics","author":"binarybea","date":"15\/08\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Aqu\u00ed va otra frase en ingl\u00e9s de esas que me gusta llamar \"intraducibles\" - no es que no se puedan traducir al espa\u00f1ol, pero en ingl\u00e9s suenan much\u00edsimo mejor, para mi gusto, y la traducci\u00f3n digamos que hay que explicarla para que se entienda bien (otras frases y expresiones aqu\u00ed,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Inspiraci\u00f3n&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Inspiraci\u00f3n","link":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/category\/inspiracion-inspiration\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"woman doing hand heart sign","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-1535244.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-1535244.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-1535244.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-1535244.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/binarywords.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/pexels-photo-1535244.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2264,"url":"https:\/\/binarywords.com\/en\/2023\/05\/01\/frases-intraducibles-taking-a-step-back\/","url_meta":{"origin":1663,"position":5},"title":"Untranslatable sentences: taking a step back","author":"binarybea","date":"01\/05\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Hoy os traigo otra de esas frases que me parece que funcionan s\u00faper bien en ingl\u00e9s, y para las que no encuentro una traducci\u00f3n convincente al espa\u00f1ol: taking a step back. 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