Good morning from the Lower East Side and welcome to Day 2 of the #30daymentalchallenge. Still lots of time to join us (or join any time)—link in bio. To address a few questions: 1) You need only hand copy the quoted passage in the article—and sign it with the pledge... 1/6
2/6 2) Do not worry about slips. Wholly natural and necessary. If you don’t skip you aren’t doing it for real. Don’t worry and just keep going. 3) #PMA doesn’t mean not caring. Live your life our loud—but with determinative thinking. For these 30 days we don’t drift;...
3/6 we determine our mentality. And fight for what’s right—including human dignity and democracy. 4) The past: we’ve all suffered. These 30 days are dedicated to focusing on what is forwarding and productive. As a great teacher once observed: “The past controls the future...
4/6 but the present controls the past.” These 30 days are a redemption of the past. And its struggles. They refined you. “Opposition is true Friendship” (Blake) “Out of life’s school of war: what doesn’t destroy me makes me stronger” (Nietzsche)...
5/6 5) For the future you are to regard every reasonable wish as within reach. Every attainment as sacred. Every power as accruing to you. And *true* power is ethical, by which I mean reciprocal. Power without ethics is force. It is not renewable. And we are about power.
Friends welcome to Day 4 of the #30daymentalchallenge. If you’re just joining us you can find the exercise linked in the bio. It’s never too late! Yesterday, Day 3, was, for me, an MF. Maybe it was for you too? It’s natural... 1/4
2/4 We are invested in greatness and not in what is always an easy or steady road. This is necessary. No friction, no refinement. Keep Eden. I’ll take the road of hard necessity. Today our task is to renew our focus with bounding energy.
3/4 When dwelling on the past think only of that which proved fortifying and advancing. When thinking of the present set your focus on progressive, productive elements. When thinking of the future allow every reasonable ambition to be in reach.
Good morning and welcome to Day 3 of the #30daymentalchallenge. More people continue to join (a movement?) and you can participate anytime. A link appears in the bio and all commentary is connected to the hashtag #30daymentalchallenge The greatest barrier facing us... 1/6
2/6 these 30 days is habit. Habit is neither good or bad in itself but it is self-conditioned or automatized behavior that can feel as palpable and needful as drawing breath. There are habitual dimensions to negative emotions. Watch very carefully for the manner in which you...
3/6 subtly derive a sense of relief, thrill, or excitement from anger and resentment. These emotions and their attendant bodily effects can be habitual and even addictive. Expressing anger, resentment, or bitterness can feel like a release. It can even feel euphoric...