growing up is realising that most self-help is just glorified entertainment.

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i find peace in knowing that every day is a clean slate. an opportunity to completely reinvent yourself. you can literally go to bed one person, and wake up another.

ignore all "self-help" slop and read this book

ironically, those who chase comfort and avoid suffering are far worse off than those who chase suffering and avoid comfort.

i’ve noticed my happiness is directly correlated to a few simple ratios: - time spent outside vs inside - time spent active vs sedentary - time spent creating vs consuming - time spent focused vs distracted

great friendships are built on creation, not consumption. cooking food, not ordering it. playing sport, not watching it. making music, not listening to it. experiencing life, not talking about it.

the depressing reality is, every day, the world is trying to control you. the news is trying to control your opinions. the 'for you' page is trying to control your attention. the ads are trying to control your desires. every day, you have to fight to defend your own sovereignty.

found this great speech from 1940 explaining how to be successful. here are my highlights:

it’s pretty insane that if you can just sit down and read a book for 30 minutes a day, you’re ahead of 95% of people. reading has literally become a superpower.

when your time's up, the world will take stock. work out your closing balance. not concerned with money, or assets, or property, but contribution. did you plant more trees than you cut down? write more words than you read? cause more smiles than you prevented?

never take having parents who still pick up the phone for granted.

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appreciate the moment like it's your last. embrace the moment like it's your first. experience the moment like it's your only.

in a world full of useless productivity hacks, the one where you simplify a task until you literally can’t say no is extremely effective. read one paragraph. write one sentence. practice for two minutes. it makes starting unavoidable and lets momentum take care of the rest.

the future is built on side projects

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one of the greatest psyops in history is institutions convincing you to perpetually sacrifice the present for a 'better' future. school to college, college to work, work to retirement. literally, kick the can down the road until the road runs out. please don't fall for it.

walking > therapy

in the age of abundance, happiness is only available to those with the discipline to artificially create scarcity.