I like calm people. Who aren't loud just to be noticed. Who read deep books. Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche. Who can sit through a 2-hour documentary about aliens and actually enjoy it. Smart as fuck. Zero show-off energy. No performance. No drama. Just a calm vibe. They notice things. Think deeply. Talk less, understand more. The ones who stay low-key and private in a world obsessed with being seen. Those are my people.
LIFE LESSONS FROM PHILOSOPHERS YOU'VE NEVER READ:
1. Seneca = we suffer more in imagination than reality
2. Heraclitus = no one steps in the same river twice
3. Epictetus = it's not what happens to you but how you react
4. Diogenes = wealth is having few needs, not many things
5. Confucius = by three methods we may learn wisdom, reflection, imitation, and experience
6. Lao Tzu = mastering others is strength, mastering yourself is power
7. Socrates = true wisdom begins with knowing you know nothing
8. Kant = act only in ways you'd want everyone else to act
9. Nietzsche = what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
10. Camus = one must imagine Sisyphus happy
11. Marcus Aurelius = you have power over your mind, not outside events
12. Aristotle = virtue is formed by practice, not by thought alone
13. Descartes = doubt everything until you find what remains certain
14. Spinoza = freedom comes from understanding your own nature
15. Sartre = we are condemned to be free
16. Simone de Beauvoir = one is not born, but rather becomes, a woman
17. Rumi = the wound is the place where the light enters you
18. Thich Nhat Hanh = the present moment is the only moment
19. Alan Watts = the only way to make sense of change is to plunge into it
20. Bertrand Russell = the trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt
Mexican football team members pray before an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe upon arriving for their FIFA World Cup match against the Czech Republic.
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It’s cliché as fuck but you literally have the entire world at your fingertips right now. You could hostile takeover boomer businesses, acquire billions of real estate, clone a SaaS and take their entire market share, run up a bag with affiliate marketing. The list goes on and on. You should sit down at your computer every morning with pure excitement as you could be 10 button pushes away from retirement. Pick anything but for the love of God, pick something.
Tattoo this to your brain:
"The world is a malleable place. If you know what you want, and you go for it with maximum energy and passion, the world will often reconfigure itself around you much more quickly and easily than you would think.”
– Marc Andreessen
When it comes to longevity, life has three parts:
0–25: Your body takes care of you
25–50: You take care of your body
50+: Your body reflects how well you did in part two
Master these 10 habits in 2026.
Feel amazing, reclaim agency + self-respect.
1. final food 4 hr before bed
2. screens off 30 min before bed
3. avoid blue light 2hr before bed, use red/amber
4. book in hand 10 min before sleep
5. go to bed same time every night
6. light in eyes when waking (sun or 10k lux)
7. walk for 10 min immediately following eating
8. daily exercise (even if for 20 min)
9. eat good stuff, ditch the junk
10. foster friends, family and love
They read as simple. I promise they'll change your life. Make them non-negotiate life habits. Do them every_single_day. Once you establish the habits, it is very easy to maintain. Stick with it for two weeks and start getting the dividends.
To all my fellow veterans, to every man and woman who put on that uniform and sacrificed your time, your mind, and your bodies for your country, I salute you 🫡🇺🇸🪖