Practice Stoicism (0010)
\nKeep your identity small (0094)<\/p>\n
Avoid heartbreak warfare (0006), petty arguments (0076)<\/p>\n
Be random from time to time (0017). Experiment violently & dramatically w\/ ideas\u2013 octave up, down (0026). Schedule idea collisions. Explore + clash + combine + remix. (0088).<\/p>\n
Carve out time for exercise, dates with wife, meeting people you love. (0080) Conversations are awesome, have many more good ones (0002). Listen + ask questions (0083). Meet people older\/younger\/different (0026). I enjoy serving others, creating good experiences for others. (0013). Have 1-1s with other humans. (0072).<\/p>\n
Walk + water + books + sleep (0076). Music + reading + writing + thinking + reflecting (0050).<\/p>\n
No zero days (0018). Use daily reviews, be prompted. Prompt yourself. (0087) Daily reflection is good (0004). Monthly reflection is good. (0011).<\/p>\n
Figure out your utility functions (0051). Journaling helps me see what is temporary and what is not (0060).<\/p>\n
Find\/build your tribe and rise up (0028). Help people who fuck up, and earn their gratitude (0014).<\/p>\n
Get the pebble out of your shoe (0041). Kill the saboteur (0040).<\/p>\n
Leave buoys in the sea for future self (0006)<\/p>\n
The truly fit + successful have no time to hate (0053)
\nHate is a manifestation of imprecise thinking (0053)<\/p>\n
Internet arguments make me ‘feel’ busy + accomplished (0057)<\/p>\n
Morning Twitter is like morning cigarettes (new thought). Never go online without clear purpose (0012). No aimless internet (0018).<\/p>\n
Declutter (0017). Delete + avoid irrelevant information (0030).<\/p>\n
JC study journal\u2013 I kept thinking that each new day would be different somehow. (0066)<\/p>\n
“Should I compare myself with others?” Learn from others, but be the best you. (0052) Jealousy = insecurity + reminder that you are waiting. (0077) Ego = anxiety. (0058). You’re not punished for your ego, you’re punished BY it. (0058).<\/p>\n
Life should be like an amazing book or video game\u2013 immersive and compelling. Make it so. (0001).
\nChurch rituals are addictive (0096).
\nMake it simple, small, temporary, finate. Repeat. (0092)
\nPacman, Megaman X, cookie clicker\u2013 Gamify! (0092)<\/p>\n
Focus not on what you think your audience wants, but what YOU want (0043)
\nWrite what actually bothers you\u2013 not generic how-to guides (0081)
\nExpress the repressed (0016)
\nExplore your curiosity, follow your bliss (0091)
\nDo what excites you (0066)<\/p>\n
My ego kept me from acknowledging truth about productivity\u2013 that I write better without editing (0058)
\nRecover quickly from falls (0012)
\nLet go of old assumptions and sunk costs (0082)<\/p>\n
Repetition works (0063)
\nDon’t break the chain (0072)
\nBe deliberate!! \u2013 the challenge is to remember this (0003)
\nLearn to say no (0012)
\nAnxiety comes from unfulfilled commitments (0007)
\nEnvision the event that is not occurring because of your inaction (0042)
\nConfront hear head on\u2013 louis CK\/Alan Watts (0032)<\/p>\n
I am fallible with many limitations (0072)
\nI am a creature of habit who loves status quo (0024)
\nYou are far less in control than you think (0066)
\nOverestimated number of vomits I could do (0081)
\nI underestimate the value of deliberate practice (0056)
\nNothing prepared me for what a mortgage feels like over your head (0093)
\nI struggle to spend “just 5 minutes” on anything (0073)
\nFight deadline insensitivity w\/ controlled environment \/ micro-deadlines (0094)
\nManage your time so you can help others (0039)
\nCreate believable, positive narrative for yourself (0024)
\nDiscipline achieved en route\u2013 immensity of the sea (0003)<\/p>\n
Addicted to rationalizing failure (0056)
\nWayang is easy & comforting\u2013 life is hard (0098)
\nStop patting self on back for acknowledging problems\u2013 take and measure ACTION (0084)<\/p>\n
The most beautiful interactions are with people who owe you nothing (0037)
\nlife is hard, be kind (0023)
\nlife = lessons in love + kindness\u2013 understood through thoughtfulness (0036)
\nsocial reality is perception with an army+navy (0053)
\nprinciples are less fragile than people (0036)
\nthe best ideas displace bullshit (0009)
\nwe are bags of chemicals chasing chemical hits (0046)
\nthe only journey is within (0011)
\ninspiration is perishable (0050)<\/p>\n
Life falls into place better when I write (0061)
\nI’m proud of my writing habit (0057)
\nI enjoy writing and will devote my life to it (0038)
\n‘I should meditate. And write.’ (0055)
\nBlogposts always better than FB posts (0070)
\nWriting clears my head [exercise] \/ Facebook muddies it [masturbation] \u2013 (0062)
\nMy mind is clearer away from FB (0069)
\nQuitting FB helped me quit smoking (0100)
\nSmoking sucks (0015)
\nWrite x1000, discard x999 (0007)
\nDon’t take forever- OODA – more Act (0074)<\/p>\n
Procrastinators hedge against the system\u2013 slaves to their own shackles (0090)
\nProcrastination begins with lack of clarity (0090)
\nNo dignity or pleasure in running out the clock (0093)
\nGood bookkeeping = less mess to clean (0020)
\nPen+paper works best for me (0075)
\nI should write without internet access (0089)
\nMain cause of unfinished vomit = external interruption (0074)
\nTLDR everything (0033)
\nSummaries = public service (0098)
\nDon’t make stuff up- see what is already there (0005)
\nGood thinkers pack a lot of meaning into dense terms (0097)<\/p>\n
Sleep before 11 (0056)
\nSleep (0008)
\nSleep early (0034)
\nI make good decisions when I wake early (0031)
\n‘The best thing in my life right now is my daily exercise routine’ (0048)
\n‘I’m trying to build a fitness habit’ (0050)
\nBreathe deeply (0021)
\nMeditate & revisit your purpose (0043)<\/p>\n
“I’m going to engineer the hell out of my home- everything must be amazing.” (0006)
\nUse structures to facilitate mindfulness (0022)
\nLearn from responsible people you admire (0059)
\nPeer pressure is real (0080)<\/p>\n
Shakespeare, Einstein, Steve Jobs, all were scratching their own itches (new?)<\/p>\n
FB + cigs = local optimum. Next optimum =? (0073)
\nHTML -> CSS. What can I automate? (0055)
\nWhat is the struggle you need to undertake (0050)<\/p>\n
‘I didn’t do well because I didn’t study'(0049)
\nThe brain constructs narratives that feel good, not necessarily accurate (0049)
\nWhat’s the smallest immediate thing you can do to improve your life? (0045)<\/p>\n
Focus on the moment (0044)
\n‘Need to learn to monotask’ (0058)
\nNeed to include phase cycling at work (0057)
\nI feel better having done stuff, however small (0044)
\nSmall plans + small wins (0044)
\nI made big plans that are doomed to fail- then feel bad (0044)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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