I JUST HEARD SOMEONE SAY
"MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED MORE TIME TO HEAL, MAYBE YOU NEED MORE EXPERIENCES THAT SHOW YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM A DIFFERENT REALTY"
AND, YEAH.
Be chalant. Care deeply, speak openly, express things fully. The internet made everyone believe sincerity is cringe and emotional distance is maturity. Meanwhile the people actually enjoying life are the ones allowing themselves to be excited, emotional, passionate, invested. Existing like you are too cool to care about anything is such a dull way to experience being alive.
FUNMAXXING
You never learned how to live. Nothing is serious. Talk to people. You can do anything. Tomorrow doesn’t exist. Don’t overthink. Just do it. Create things because why not. Seek novelty. Pursue eternal joy. Play for fun. Give yourself more credit. Be an example of what life can look like.
If you understood the absurdity of everything, your worries would fade, and you would come closer to achieving peace.
Balance is key.
You must learn how to make progress while still making time for fun.
I say this to my kids all the time. Do it for the plot. Do it for the story. Tell yourself if it all goes wrong it will just be a funny story. Ironically job interviews, dates, and public speaking go better anyway if you're just happy to be there and not overthinking it!!
CONFIDENCEMAXXING
Be egoistical. You are the priority. Straight posture. Don’t look around unnecessarily. Sculpt your body. Dress well. Focus on your mission. Become a mystery to others. Keep most things to yourself. Enter the room as if everyone were waiting for you. Make yourself comfortable. Speak slowly. Fear nothing. Don’t fake emotions. Make others want to copy your persona.
You can achieve anything you want if you act as you have already got it.
Confident people are not born that way.
It becomes their second nature.
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.
don't know who needs to hear this, but start living. the days are flying by, and all you do is work, pay bills, and stress. enjoy what you can- walks, sunsets, music, laughter and nature. joy doesn't have to be expensive.
you deserve it.
the older i get, the more i realize happiness is simple.
it’s slow mornings. clean spaces. watching sunsets without rushing to post them. moving your body even when your mind feels heavy. working hard on something that actually means something to you. laughing loudly. crying when you need to. making your bed even on the days your heart feels messy.
you stop chasing constant noise after a while. stop romanticizing chaos. because life is made of small things. small habits. small moments. small conversations. and one day you realize those things were never small at all. they were the entire point.
at some point, you realize peace is actually a beautiful thing. it was the thing you were searching for in everything else.
My professor used to say, ‘Everything is hard until it’s not.’ I didn’t understand it back then, but I understand it now. The beginning is always the hardest part, but with consistency, the difficulty gradually loses its grip.
The big secret nobody tells you is that everything is actually easy. you just have to do it. That's it. That's the whole secret. Most people spend years psyching themselves out over something that takes five seconds of just doing it. Stop overthinking. Stop preparing to prepare. Just do the thing. It's easier than you think.
your brain is always listening even when nobody else is. and the scary part is most people spend years feeding their own mind with negativity without even realizing it. your mind starts believing whatever you keep repeating to yourself. every “i can’t do this.” every “i always fail.” every “maybe i’m just not meant for anything bigger.” slowly becomes a part of you. your brain cannot always tell the difference between reality and the thoughts you came up with. that’s why the way you speak to yourself matters so much. If you keep repeating, “I will succeed,” then after a while, the voice in your head stops sounding like a thought and starts sounding like a fact. so start speaking to yourself with belief, with patience, with hope. because your mind is listening to every word you say. and one small change in the way you speak to yourself can slowly change your entire life.