-get jacked
-crush it at work
-marry an honest woman (with a good body)
-keep things fresh so you smash like it’s the hooking up phase
-travel the world
-watch good movies
-avoid complainers
-eat healthy (90% of the time)
-call your friends for no reason
-host banger dinner parties
-overpay for good concert tickets
-have monthly movie nights with people who make you belly laugh
-and if you’re ever feeling down remember you’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion miracle - you’re so lucky it’s absurd and you have nothing to lose :)
you're allowed to just enjoy things. the hobby that makes no money. the trip that's "impractical." the friend group that's just fun and not "strategic." somewhere along the way self-improvement turned into self-optimization and a lot of guys forgot how to just enjoy being alive.
If you’re an able-bodied male with a halfway decent attitude you can be 99th percentile successful by:
-going hard in the gym
-putting 25% more effort in at work and getting promoted
You live in a world where:
-gyms exist
-Coke Zero exists
-hot girls outnumber even moderately put-together dudes 2000 to 1
-every food item in the world has been hunted and gathered for you (grocery stores)
-your “competition” is addicted to OnlyFans and loses $5000 a month gambling on their dad’s credit card
There are people who live in wheelchairs. There are kids born with disabilities. No Prom, no Bench Press, no sleepovers with their best friends staying up til 2AM watching The Dark Knight.
And you’re not SMASHING the gym like a GRATEFUL SAVAGE!? Eating healthy 90% of the time, calling your friends for no reason, CRUSHING IT in your career ASKING for a raise, asking out your crush making her your girlfriend then your wife!?
You’re spinning on a sphere in an infinite universe and the fact you’re alive is a 1 in 500 trillion miracle - you’re so lucky it’s absurd and you have nothing to lose :)
Every age is convinced that it has finally figured everything out.
Every age is eventually humbled.
The advantage of reading old books is that you get to watch this process happen over and over again.
It makes you less gullible.
And a little more cautious about declaring that history is over.
I want a city on Mars. I want AI in every app and my neuralink. I want a trillion robot butlers. I want data centers in space. I want flying cars and humanoid robots, I want genetically engineered high IQ people. We already have clean water, bees are thriving, and our planet is already habitable
3,000 years from now some sensitive young man in the dusty corner of a college library is going to stumble across these long-banned images of the ancient mythic nation once known as America on a rusty USB stick and no one is going to believe him
Going to leave you with this tonight:
The best thing you can do for yourself is actively increase your surface area for luck to hit you. Go outside, travel more, go to new cates, museums, events, take a new route home, go for hikes, see cities, countrysides, take your notebook, speak to people, ask questions, start businesses - go on more side quests. You can literally just do things, and the more you do, the more serendipity and synchronicity will find you.
Counterpoint: a bunch of dudes on dirt bikes hitting sick jumps over humvees with Marines in dress uniforms standing in front of the White House is cool as shit and everyone kind of knows why someone like you hates it
quit porn
and replace your worn out boxers
get a haircut every 2 weeks
shower twice daily
own a few quality polos and button down shirts
have at least 5 pairs of footwear for different occasions
own at least 2 good perfumes, if you can afford it, invest in 1 quality designer fragrance
use a roll-on deodorant (not antiperspirant)
drink a glass of water first thing in the morning and do a few push-ups
brush your teeth twice a day and clean your tongue before retiring for the day
use the restroom before leaving the house
dress well no matter where you’re going
above all, love God
save, bookmark and share with your brothers
buena suerte as you walk with me. 🫱🏼🫲🏾
This is …. And I don’t say this lightly…. The single greatest piece of writing I have ever seen in my life
The Japanese have discovered unlimited chips & salsa and it’s beautiful
- The atmosphere has been cinema.
- The games have been so exciting.
- Host countries have shown up.
This is shaping up to be an amazing World Cup. 😭❤️
Algerians doing jigs in Kansas... Brits eating barbecue in Texas... Koreans doing full on kegstands in Mexico... just goes to show that the entire world can be united by the simple concept of getting really drunk and watching a sporting event