Just discovered: Serotonin makes colors and images dull and boring
The 5HT2A Serotonin receptor reduces visual transmission, taking the life and shine out of everything you see
For a newborn every color and shape shines and glows, for an old person it's all a gray blur
If you are in your early twenties:
- Make your burn rate as low as possible
- Avoid attachment to material things (cars, clothes, apartment)
- Make yourself as uncomfortable as possible
- Get a job that either a) teaches you high value skills or b) allows you to learn/work on side projects while on the clock
- Cultivate your focus and creativity above all else
- Individuate. Don't try to fit in. Avoid crabs-in-bucket groups
- Take astronomical risks
You have a small window of opportunity to differentiate yourself. It will be exponentially more difficult the older you get. Do not waste it in a cubicle during the week and a bar during the weekend. Send it.
Meaning is creation and asymmetry. The difference between a meaningless task and it's opposite is the latter involves the perception of evolution
Time symmetry is broken, congratulations, you have made yourself and reality something greater
Reminder that being overly neurotic about any aspect of your health can actively shrink your thymus and thyroid. While you should take steps to remove unnecessary stressors from your life it should be done without becoming a stressor in itself.