You need boredom. A lot of it. Start by going on walks without music. No stimulation. No distractions of any kind. If you learn to sit with your own thoughts, for long enough, in time they will start serving you. You'll start having ideas once again. You'll start developing an extreme sense of clarity that will shift you into the next stage of your life. All by being bored, which is pretty insane.
Under-socialized people can quickly become convinced they’re more complex than they actually are
Endlessly focusing on yourself and your interests makes you assume everyone else is “normie” and shallow simply because you don’t know them well enough
Saying yes to invitations, winemaxxing, journaling every day, getting as much sunlight and fresh air as possible, workout classes 2x a week, doing one thing every day to get me closer to where I want to be
A 43 year old HVAC technician from Ohio with a stay at home wife who reheats frozen quesadillas for their 3 overweight kids every evening is looking at this and nodding sagely.
lead tampon in me while i eat my listeria meat & cyclospora riddle veggies and wash it all down with microplastic water. afterwards, i inhale wildfire smoke and listen to the serene sounds of the data center built across the street. there’s a flock cam too recording it all