stop the blockers. get manchester moving. june 11th, 7pm - 10pm RNCM LFG 🚀

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Grateful for the varied beauty of Manchester, especially when the sun shines. ☀️ @PraxisSociety

I am moving to the City because it's extremely fun and meaningful to do difficult but valuable things alongside exceptional people. Building a great and inspirational city that stands the test of time is most certainly a difficult and valuable thing. 🏛 @PraxisSociety

I found that my life became a lot better. @PraxisSociety is doing the same, but for an entire city and way of life. Instead of drifting on waning civilisational momentum, we are building something new. In the shadow of the past, a bright future awaits. ☀️

2021: Now, reflecting on the last 6 years. Much has changed. It has been a long journey of many small steps, each towards improving my vitality, outlook, and prospects. Once I stopped drifting, and started actually thinking about and doing what I wanted for the future...

Pandemic, the world contracts. History is happening again, and fast. Read lots of blogs, watch lots of videos. Not much else to do. Work on myself and my project. Serendipity strikes, stumble onto a podcast episode with @drydenwtbrown @camwiese. Sounds great, apply.

2020: My business project starts picking up traction and speed. There's something there, I think I can do this. Perhaps some belief in myself is warranted. Sleep better, now that I am exercising, eating well and doing meaningful stuff regularly.

Meet someone, fall in love. Realise how lifeless so much of the culture that surrounds us is, how much it fails to convey. Tune out more, no notifications, no buzzing. Stop consuming. Start creating. Get my thoughts out of my head, writing on things I find valuable.

2019: Meet more people, get involved in a club. Face off against college bureaucracy. Get confronted by people who don't think speech should be free. Have an amazing time doing it, who knew doing hard stuff with great people was so rewarding? Changing perspective.

Get operated on, fix my chronic illness. Suddenly, the number of things I can do increases exponentially. Work on my own projects, read a lot of books, recuperate. Make a plan: what do I want for the future? What do I want for my future?

2018: Exercising regularly, eating well. Wow, isn't it crazy that doing that actually makes you feel better. Why was I never taught how to lift weights before? Education failure. People at gym actually helpful and nice, exercise quiets my worries.

Getting involved in starting things: companies, clubs. Meeting people who get me, who I can talk to about big things. Who also feel like there's something wrong, but they can't put their finger on it. Read Zero to One; we have no definite, optimistic vision for the future.

2017: Starting to question my thoughts. Meet someone who totally blows out my understanding of my outlook on other people, and their attitudes towards me. Maybe I don't need to continue to think in the same way as I did before? Maybe there's a better way?

Trump won. Huh. Didn't expect that. Why did that happen?

2016: Off to university, exciting! A big shock, moving away from home. Dealing with illness in myself and my family. Starting to switch off from online and get into real world. Tough at first, uncertain if I am doing the right thing. Still feel depressed, medicated.

I do not exercise regularly. I do not eat well. I spend my days indoors. I sleep poorly. I feel there is something missing. I feel an unease and an emptiness. I am lonely, via the internet. I am angry: x person is destroying the world, why isn't anyone stopping them?

2015: I am stressed, anxious and depressed. I am always online, consuming news and media designed to hook me into irrelevant narratives, for ad-clicks. I am overwhelmed. I am political, I expend my energy caring about things I have no control over.

When you think about the future, does it inspire you? 6 years ago, when I thought about the future I was stressed, depressed, and anxious. Today, when I think about the future I am excited, especially because I am involved with @PraxisSociety. This is how I got here: