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The Human Condition:
“Once I have this/that, then I will be happy”
Within this text lies the path to:
“What will make me happy”
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“Once I have this/that, then I will be happy”
Within this text lies the path to:
“What will make me happy”
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“Once I have this/that, then I will be happy”
With this mindset, we create a subconscious contract with ourselves that requires us to be unsatisfied, or unhappy, until “this/that” has been achieved.
The present ultimately becomes compromised and destroyed.
With this mindset, we create a subconscious contract with ourselves that requires us to be unsatisfied, or unhappy, until “this/that” has been achieved.
The present ultimately becomes compromised and destroyed.
I recall the lost days, vividly, when I had the false idea that:
“When my medical education is complete, and I’m making over $100k/year, I will then have all I need to be happy. This will be when I’ve achieved what I need to be HAPPY.”
“When my medical education is complete, and I’m making over $100k/year, I will then have all I need to be happy. This will be when I’ve achieved what I need to be HAPPY.”
That day came.
My first paycheck gave me instant pleasure, a high, MONEY. I bought a flashy watch, paid bills, impressed women, etc. and still had plenty of $$$ leftover, with more checks on the way...
My first paycheck gave me instant pleasure, a high, MONEY. I bought a flashy watch, paid bills, impressed women, etc. and still had plenty of $$$ leftover, with more checks on the way...
Like EVERY drug, that pleasure eventually dissipated, and I returned to my baseline mental state.
This money-high, this PLEASURE, that I falsely believed was HAPPINESS, didn’t work anymore.
This money-high, this PLEASURE, that I falsely believed was HAPPINESS, didn’t work anymore.
I literally found myself contemplating:
“How is it possible to be unhappy when I’m making this much money?”
For weeks, maybe even a few months I don’t really recall, I walked the earth almost confused, unhappy. I was experiencing cognitive dissonance.
“How is it possible to be unhappy when I’m making this much money?”
For weeks, maybe even a few months I don’t really recall, I walked the earth almost confused, unhappy. I was experiencing cognitive dissonance.
For as long as I could remember, more money translated to more happiness.
“If I make this much, I will be that happy.”
“If I make this much, I will be that happy.”
This led me to start reading and searching for, almost obsessively, all that I could on how to achieve happiness...
Freedom from my MIND.
Freedom from my MIND.
Works that stood out:
-The Art of Happiness
-Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.
-(Any form of stoicism or stoic philosophy)
-As a Man Thinketh
-Buddhism Plain and Simple
-The Power of Now
- @jocko Willink’s podcast
- @davidgoggins
- @naval interviews and twitter threads...
-The Art of Happiness
-Marcus Aurelius: Meditations.
-(Any form of stoicism or stoic philosophy)
-As a Man Thinketh
-Buddhism Plain and Simple
-The Power of Now
- @jocko Willink’s podcast
- @davidgoggins
- @naval interviews and twitter threads...
I’ve learned that TRUE happiness can not be purchased.
A significant lack of money can make life difficult, harder to achieve happiness, but an abundance of $ won’t directly translate to true happiness.
Money can buy temporary PLEASURE, but not true, long-lasting HAPPINESS.
A significant lack of money can make life difficult, harder to achieve happiness, but an abundance of $ won’t directly translate to true happiness.
Money can buy temporary PLEASURE, but not true, long-lasting HAPPINESS.
I wish there was a simple answer to the question: “What will make me happy?”
If happiness were simple, something that could be purchased, derived from pleasure... Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell, and all the other wealthy humans with the “IDEAL” life would still be with us.
If happiness were simple, something that could be purchased, derived from pleasure... Anthony Bourdain, Chris Cornell, and all the other wealthy humans with the “IDEAL” life would still be with us.
True happiness requires:
Work, discipline, commitment, and a genuine desire to do anything necessary to feel HAPPY.
It MUST be something that you commit to on a daily basis. It is a MINDSET.
Work, discipline, commitment, and a genuine desire to do anything necessary to feel HAPPY.
It MUST be something that you commit to on a daily basis. It is a MINDSET.
Some, maybe even most, won’t be able to achieve this enlightened state yet because they aren’t ready.
They haven’t reached a point where they’re officially FED UP with the old way of living.
They haven’t reached a point where they’re officially FED UP with the old way of living.
If you are ready to change your life for the better, this is where YOU BEGIN.
Purchase, read, & reread, the “Works that stood out” mentioned previously.
Purchase, read, & reread, the “Works that stood out” mentioned previously.
Go STONE. COLD. SOBER.
NO numbing your senses with:
Booze, weed, pills, cake, etc.
(Scary right?)
I want you to FEEL THE F*CK out of every single painful emotion you may have. Feel it, sense it, absorb it, analyze it, SURVIVE IT! You WILL survive it.
NO numbing your senses with:
Booze, weed, pills, cake, etc.
(Scary right?)
I want you to FEEL THE F*CK out of every single painful emotion you may have. Feel it, sense it, absorb it, analyze it, SURVIVE IT! You WILL survive it.
DIET:
This could be debated for eternity, but the most logical answer is:
EAT THE WAY OUR ANCESTORS EVOLVED TO EAT.
Lean meat, fruits, vegetables, berries, nuts, water. Aim for LOW SUGAR/CARBS. Lower the better. SIMPLE.
This could be debated for eternity, but the most logical answer is:
EAT THE WAY OUR ANCESTORS EVOLVED TO EAT.
Lean meat, fruits, vegetables, berries, nuts, water. Aim for LOW SUGAR/CARBS. Lower the better. SIMPLE.
Aim for 16+ hour fasts daily.
If our ancestors required 2-3 meals/day, our species wouldn’t have survived.
I easily fast daily, often running around a busy ER managing life/death situations. JUST DO IT.
Download the “Zero App” to track and time your fasts.
If our ancestors required 2-3 meals/day, our species wouldn’t have survived.
I easily fast daily, often running around a busy ER managing life/death situations. JUST DO IT.
Download the “Zero App” to track and time your fasts.
DISCIPLINED (Not motivated) FITNESS & EXERCISE.
With DISCIPLINE, you work out even when unmotivated.
Nobody has ever exercised and said, “I wish I had just stayed unmotivated in bed, on the couch, in the chair, etc. and didn’t work out.”
With DISCIPLINE, you work out even when unmotivated.
Nobody has ever exercised and said, “I wish I had just stayed unmotivated in bed, on the couch, in the chair, etc. and didn’t work out.”
Understand: LIFE IS HARD.
ACCEPT the REALITY that every morning when you wake up:
Problems, setbacks, Murphy’s Law, depression, etc. will be lurking around the corner, watching your every move, ready to debilitate you as soon as you let your guard down.
STAY. VIGILANT.
ACCEPT the REALITY that every morning when you wake up:
Problems, setbacks, Murphy’s Law, depression, etc. will be lurking around the corner, watching your every move, ready to debilitate you as soon as you let your guard down.
STAY. VIGILANT.
Your wife, your parents, your job, your government…
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU.
The day you depend on anyone other than yourself to manage life's hardships, finances, health, etc. is the day you set yourself up for a SERIOUS let down.
SAVE. YOUR. SELF.
NO ONE IS COMING TO SAVE YOU.
The day you depend on anyone other than yourself to manage life's hardships, finances, health, etc. is the day you set yourself up for a SERIOUS let down.
SAVE. YOUR. SELF.
If you find it hard to find friends/acquaintances to associate with who will have a POSITIVE influence on you…
This is where Twitter comes in.
This is where Twitter comes in.
Only follow individuals who are on a path towards physical, mental, emotional, and financial excellence.
Twitter can be your “sanctuary.” Every time you open twitter you can be inundated with life-enhancing material from real people.
Twitter can be your “sanctuary.” Every time you open twitter you can be inundated with life-enhancing material from real people.
Here is a list, in no particular order, that you can use as a “starter pack” of who to follow.
@TellYourSonThis
@Kpaxs
@EdLatimore
@josiahfitness
@Wealth_Theory
@AJA_Cortes
@ThePrimalMan
@jackdcoulson
@HunterDrewTFA
@LifeMathMoney
@Mangan150
@DrRalphNap
@foundmyfitness
@TellYourSonThis
@Kpaxs
@EdLatimore
@josiahfitness
@Wealth_Theory
@AJA_Cortes
@ThePrimalMan
@jackdcoulson
@HunterDrewTFA
@LifeMathMoney
@Mangan150
@DrRalphNap
@foundmyfitness
