listen babes if 2024 isn't feeling good to you yet then that's fine. it's the middle of winter and you're tired. you've fallen out of a routine over Christmas & you need longer to find your feet again. these last few years have been tricky, so give yourself time to ease into it.
Experts can exist in narrow areas, but not broad ones.
Experts exist for:
-how to run a political campaign
-how to set up a 401k
-how to set a broken arm
No experts exist for:
-politics
-the stock market
-the human body
The systems are too complex.
Mastery needs a boundary.
I say raise your expectations. Elongate your process. Lay on your death bed with a to-do list a mile long and smile at the infinite opportunity granted to you. Create ridiculous standards for yourself and then savor the inevitable failure. Learn from it. Live it.
"Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom." - Viktor Frankl
If you haven't read Frankl's classic, "Man's Search for Meaning" you are missing the fuck out.
Are there conditions in your relationships? Example questions to ask yourself:
“If I told my wife I wanted a new career, would it wreck our marriage?”
“If I stopped giving them money, would they still like me?”
“If I told him I strongly disagree, would he stop talking to me?”
5 Things that prevent happiness:
1. Worrying about happiness
2. Worrying that you're worrying about happiness
3. Worrying that you worry too much
4. Taxes
5. Worrying about taxes
There seems to be a theme here 🤔
UPDATE on coronavirus (#COVID19) testing in the UK:
As of 1pm on 19 March, a total of 64,621 have been tested:
61,352 negative.
3,269 positive.
144 patients who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have sadly died.
The digital dashboard will be updated later today.