i know it sounds kinda stupid. but regardless of how simple it is you have to embody being a delusional optimist. you’ll open unexpected new doors and effortlessly 10x your quality of life. there’s no reason to be a self sabotaging pessimist.
repetition rewires your brain more than motivation ever will. not in some fake “just think positive and the universe will fix your life” way. i mean in a very real biological way. your brain is constantly adapting to whatever you repeatedly think, feel, and do. most people don’t realize this because they assume their personality is fixed. they think their habits, mindset, confidence, anxiety, even the way they see the world is just “who they are.” but a huge part of it is actually conditioning. your brain is always listening to what you repeat.
most people spend their entire day reinforcing stress without even noticing it. they wake up and immediately check their phone. compare themselves to strangers online. replay old mistakes. overthink conversations. expect bad outcomes before anything even happens. and because the brain learns through repetition, those thoughts slowly become its default setting. the brain starts scanning the world for more proof that those fears are true. more problems. more reasons to doubt yourself. more evidence that life is against you.
that’s the scary part about neuroplasticity. your brain does not really care whether the pattern is helping you or hurting you. it doesn’t automatically separate good patterns from bad ones. it just adapts to what you consistently repeat. repeat stress and your brain becomes better at felling anxious, repeat self doubt and insecurity starts feeling natural, repeat distraction and your attention span weakens. whatever you feed your mind daily becomes stronger.
but the opposite is true too.
when you start focusing on growth, gratitude, discipline, your brain slowly begins reshaping itself around those things too. and no, it doesn’t happen overnight. at first it feels unnatural because your old patterns are still stronger. but over time your brain starts changing what it notices automatically. you begin seeing opportunities you would’ve ignored before. small wins start feeling bigger. challenges stop feeling like proof that you’re failing and start feeling like part of the process.
one of the most underrated things you can do is deliberately reinforce good experiences. when something good happens, pause for a second and actually feel it. your brain remembers what carries emotional weight. that’s why negative experiences stick so easily. but if you consciously hold onto positive moments too, your brain starts building stronger pathways around them.
your mind becomes whatever it practices most. so be careful what you keep giving your attention to cause whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right.
Your friends in healthy, happy relationships aren’t telling you what it takes to get there because you’d call it cringe and judge them for being gooey …. so i’ll tell you: you need to be approx 10x more willing to melt into silliness and giggles than you think at all times, and
SECRETARY RUBIO: "I also want to remind everybody that the United States government is not a charity. We are not here to play social worker, we are here to win."
The West has created an utterly evil state religion where an accusation of “racism” is the gravest offense that can be committed, even worse than rape or murder!
So if police show up at a crime scene and a British boy is bleeding out and an immigrant says the British boy is racist the cops will cuff the dying British boy.
Good luck today to my friend Steve Hilton, who is running to become the next governor of California. He's a good guy and I encourage everyone to get out there and support him. California is such a beautiful state--it just needs better political leadership!
If you don't vote, I don't want to hear you ever complain about any of the filth, crime, or decline in LA again. Get off your butt and VOTE, or enjoy what you get.
Anyone who claims the lack of joy about the 250th is a function of a rough economy was not alive in 1976.
The country rocked in its 200th celebration and the economy was a FREAKING MESS.
There is this Gen Z misconception that the '70s and early '80s were some sort of economic golden age of readily available, well-paying jobs, low cost housing and an all around sense of prosperity.
WRONG.
Google "Stagflation." Google "gas lines." Google "mortgage interest rates in the 1980s."
Our economy today is a golden age by comparison, without exaggeration.
Yet somehow in 1976 we could gleefully celebrate our nation's birthday without Democrats turning it into a Howard Zinn-inspired anti-history hatefest.
its june 1st which means everything is possible again, the sun is warm on your heart, you can keep trying over and over, and whats yours will find u with ease
Worth noting that since Donald Trump & Marco Rubio shut the USAID program down not a single country in Latin America has voted for a Leftist leader again.
Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
To my fellow Angelenos who want change, and are considering voting for Nithya Raman, I can assure you, she is not fit for the job, and she has no path to victory. A vote for Nithya is a vote for Karen Bass. I am ready to earn your vote and make LA feel safe for all.