Ain’t even a question. We all know Heath holds the pedigree. Jack was the first to do it, Joaquin played a different version & deserves his own flowers. Who cares about Leto lol.
I’ve seen the worst of people & still gave them love in a room colored by their true hues.
But that doesn’t mean it places me above anybody else. I was just tryna save them from their own darkest depths like everybody else.
Just a human tryna do the human thing y’know?
"I don't give a fuck what anyone thinks. When you are a racehorse, the reason they put blinders on these things is because if you look at the horse on the left or the horse on the right, you're going to miss a step. That's why those horses have fucking blinders on. And that's what people should have. When you're running after something you should not look left and right. What does this person think? What does that person think? No. Go!"
— Jimmy Iovine
Major cheat code for life: Assume good things are still ahead. You are not behind. You are not too late. You are not disqualified by your past. One new season can change the entire story. Keep showing up with belief. The best chapters are often written after the hardest ones.
How dare you love your life and escape the rat race and achieve great things and take care of your health and provide for your family and create something from nothing and wake up excited every day to provide genuine value and reject the herd mentality and move through your days with love and charisma and bless the world with your talents and actually become the person you always said you’d be. How dare you.
Nah. 27-33 aren't your humbling years. They're your awakening years.
So many people misunderstand this phase of life.
That's when you start seeing things clearly. Everything suddenly dawns on you. You realize what you want, what doesn't matter, and how much time you've wasted.
Some people mistake that clarity for failure because they wish they had figured it out earlier.
But if you're determined, you can build more in those few years than you did in your entire early twenties.
i am begging some of you to become ok with hearing not-so-great-things about yourself. especially if it is coming from a loved one that historically respects your agency. chances are you unknowingly crossed a boundary & someone is trying to tell you in a respectful way.
My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
Michael B. Jordan’s advice for anyone feeling stuck in life
“When you’re feeling the most trapped and down and nothing can go right, those are the moments that define you. People quit right before they get what they’ve always wanted”
“Having the name Michael Jordan, knowing there was another Michael Jordan who was the best ever got me teased and picked on. For a moment, it made me not want to play sports but then I was like nah, I’m going to compete. It gave me a healthy chip”
“For the people who are listening who feel like they can’t change their circumstances, just hold on. Just endure. Look at things differently. Challenge yourself to see the glass half full”
“Find something that resonates with you, find your intuition within that thing and be obsessed about it”