Most people who dream of a quiet life without work are just exhausted from work they hate. The reason you get bored on vacation after a week is that you are meant to move, pursue something exciting, and engage your body and mind in something useful. Do whatever it takes to find work that energizes you. It may take years, but it will have the most meaningful effect on your quality of life.
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If you want to start writing, the greatest thing you can do is block off 1 hour every morning and stick to it. Absolutely no exposure to other opinions or distractions (social media, messages, phone). You need space for creative ideas and modern life is great at taking that from you.
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You can spend 5 years, working harder than anyone else, writing the best book in the world, but if nobody knows about it, then you will not be a successful author.
This is the downfall of most creatives. They hate marketing, but marketing is 80% of their success.
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If you get addicted to things easily, you have one of the rarest traits there is.
Most people can't stay interested in anything for more than a week. You can lose 6 hours to something without noticing.
Right now that goes to games, feeds, and whatever hooks you first. That's the only problem.
Pick one hard thing actually worth being addicted to. A skill, your body, your work. Give it the same obsession for 2 years and you'll pass people who've been at it for 10.
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All you have to do is commit for 6 months.
That's not a lot. It's actually very little.
6 months is 1% of 50 years, and most people can't stick to something that will change the trajectory of their life for 2 weeks.
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You need to be lore-maxxing. Taking risks. Failing miserably. Relentlessly strategizing and experimenting. Nobody wants to die with a story that isn't worth telling.
It sucks to say it, but the default is overweight, dumb, and broke.
You don't live in a world where you have to hunt for your food and figure out how to survive.
You live in a world where - unless you decide to endlessly practice self-education, because schools do not teach you how to live a good life - you will automatically choose hyperpalatable foods, sit on your couch all day, and get the job that pays enough to survive because that's just what you were supposed to do.
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Write more. Write to think. Write until you're no longer confused. Write about the problems you already solved. Write for the person you were 2 years ago. Write so you never lose what took you years to figure out. A simple writing habit can change absolutely everything.
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One of the worst feelings in life is knowing you're meant for more and doing nothing about it.
If you get addicted to things easily, good, your problem is aim. Point that same obsession at a skill, your body, or your work for 2 years and people will start calling you "disciplined" instead.
Pick a challenge too big for who you are now.
That's how people change. A challenge above your level drags the new version of you out.
It will suck. You'll fail constantly. You'll feel like a fraud for months. Your old self will beg you to stay the same.
But if you can pull this off, 10-20 times throughout your life, you will blow past everyone else.
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There are 3 things you can sell:
1) Your time, capped at 24 hours
2) Your things, capped by inventory
3) Your mind, for all of history, capped by how many rooms you could be in
Social media changed that completely. A brain and an internet connection can change your life.
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The most dangerous moment is right after you win.
You did it. You made the money. You quit your job. You built the physique. You got the girl. Now what? Most people let themselves decline into misery because their driving force has now vanished.
You need another mountain to climb. You need to understand that it is a gift, not a curse, to always be in the pursuit of your potential - the constant balance of challenge and skill is what makes life meaningful. There is no final top of the mountain.
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If you want to make the most progress you've ever made in your life, you need to be alone. You need an extended period of isolation, not influenced by friends or media, spent building your future. You need space to learn, think, experiment, and fail.
Give yourself 6 months. Focus solely on the development of your mind, body, spirit, and finances. This is how you get ahead of most people.
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If you want to make the most progress you've ever made in your life, you need to be alone. You need an extended period of isolation, not influenced by friends or media, spent building your future. You need space to learn, think, experiment, and fail.
Give yourself 6 months. Focus solely on the development of your mind, body, spirit, and finances. This is how you get ahead of most people.
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"How do I start posting online"
- Pick a fucking idea
- Stop trying to find the perfect one
- Write the first thing that comes to mind
- Rewrite it slightly better, then post
Just get in the habit of writing out interesting ideas and trust that you'll get better over time (you know, how everything else in life works).
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