Some (re)realizations
No matter your situation, good sleep makes life so much better. This is because you feel invincible when your body is firing on all cylinders.
At the end of the day, we’re all just people. The IRS. The CEO. The person without a home. We’re all just people and no one knows what they’re doing.
Happiness and love are choices. There are billionaires who are unhappy, there are poor people who are happy. Vice versa. Loving others is a choice. Loving yourself is a choice. Happiness doesn’t just happen. Choose wisely.
Gratefulness is the most direct path to happiness.
Having something to work on or a hobby makes life better—a project, a passionate career, a sport—just find those things and do them.
Money comes, money goes. Money is great. Money sucks. Find ways to be yourself without money so that your identity isn’t threatened.
You can’t be both curious and angry at the same time. Try it, doesn’t work. If you want to be a curious person, try turning the angry reaction into one of curiosity—question why this thing is a particular way. Why does this person believe this thing? Inspect the thing instead of defaulting to judgement.
Simply getting 10,000 steps or more a day leads to significant weight loss and transforms the body for the better.
People can change no matter their age.
Cynicism is the root of hypocrisy. It’s easy to be cynical. Cynics will act hypocritical and excuse bad behavior by saying, “well everyone does it” and “the world is going to shit” which are entirely unhelpful and subjective claims. Don’t trust cynics.
Skepticism is different than cynicism. Skepticism refuses to believe something because this other person or news source claims for it to be true.
“DEI” sounds great on the surface but in reality it does more harm than good because if you disagree with DEI practices or claims, you’re automatically branded a bigot/racist/sexist/fill-in-the-blank. Absolutely ridiculous. Trust no organization or institution that doesn’t allow you to question. That’s anti-science. DEI should stand for Division, Exclusion, and Intimidation.
The world mirrors your internal state. The flaws, the beauty, the good, the bad, the ugly. It’s all within you, without you.
Nature and the universe have no position on the matter. They just are. You overlay your judgements and anthropomorphize things. That’s what being a human is.
Stop being fooled by the media—their business model is fueled by advertisers and they don’t have your best interests in mind. They are don’t seek truth.