observations
Expected elation. Society has built a world that defines what's appealing and what's not. What success should look like. I spent years chasing this idea, and achieved it. And never felt truly happy. Why? It seems so obvious, there are a million songs and movies about how wealth and fame aren't the end all be all for human states. Yet we pursue it... See more
People spend an average of 2.5 hours on social media a day - that’s over a month of time that you give up of your life per year.
Every minute you spend on social media is a minute spent watching someone else live their life instead of living your own.
A laptop operates the same whether it is on a desk in an office or on a bench in a park. But human brains are incredibly sensitive to context.
People increasingly want immediate results because that’s all they see, not the process or work it takes to get there. Shortcuts don’t work.
Realizing and accepting that you will never reach a point in your life where you no longer have any problems is key to living in the moment - what those problems are is largely within your control
You decide what your daily habits are and they’ll define who you are
Produce more consume less. / Have original thoughts vs just take in media 23/24 hours / how do you know which thoughts are your own /
I didn't like myself very much. So I became somebody else.
The more important you are the more important you think your problems are / become self absorbed
If you’re comfortable, you’re losing (money, opportunity)