Do The Hardest Thing

ahahahha I love it, my career sucks ass.

The best things in life is just doing the hardest shit possible.

I remember I studied spanish in high school, for some reason I just wanted to learn it as much as possible, it was hard as fuck and I studied like 40 hours a week outside of class for no reason. Man did that make me happy.

I got into chess during freshman year, man I used to fall asleep to chess videos, I spent at least 1,000 hours trying to get better and I'm still ass.

When I think back, why are the best times in my life doing mundane activities that I enjoy, in particular the hard ones that I want to pursue? Getting good grades was shit, because although hard, I didn't care about it.

I didn't care about it.

I DID NOT CARE.

Just like my career.

Funny how that works eh?

Just do hard stuff and you'll be happier.

And whats harder than quitting a job that you worked so hard to get?

It's really tough, but the rewards are endless.

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LiveEveryDay

and thats okay! Everyone goes through them. I'm happy man, truly. I hope in my madness someone sees something in a new light. We don't find ourselves doing what everyone else does or listening to the same perspectives over and over again. We can end up finding our true selves in madness. So, I will continue to explore.

How much sleep are you getting?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

LiveEveryDay

and thats okay! 

It is ok until you fall out of touch with reality and do not know or understand the consequences of your actions. Usually this is a result of massive amounts of dopamine being released to tell you that every move you are doing is right and correct, when in that state it may not be the case. You have to live with your actions and the realization of the hole you dug yourself in during this period may lead to a deep depression after this episode.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Read Seth Godin, The Dip.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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