People don't change until they are sick of being sick. You need to contemplate the idea of where your life is heading every day for the next month, minimum. You need to finally be honest with yourself that the discomfort of your current life isn't something you are willing to tolerate, because if you don't hate it, you will tolerate it.

i’ve been asking myself — am i going to let this go without a fight? am i really going to spend the rest of my life calling myself “lazy ambitious” like it’s a cute quirk?

no. because at some point, that’s not a personality. it’s just a way to avoid responsibility. i kept blaming circumstances, timing, lack of support. but the truth is, it was me.... See more

And that understanding?

It’s painful. It’s confronting. It’s uncomfortable.

But it’s necessary. Because no real change happens until you face yourself without turning away.

The transformative moments in my life only came when the pain of staying the same finally became greater than the pain of changing.

The idea you’re going to change something in the outside world, and that is going to bring you the peace, everlasting joy, and happiness you deserve, is a fundamental delusion we all suffer from, including me. The mistake over and over and over is to say, “Oh, I’ll be happy when I get that thing,” whatever it is. That is the fundamental mistake we

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