My favorite line from Atomic Habits has been living in my head rent-free:
“It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process is to guarantee disappointment.”
24 years old.
Fully paid off Costco hotdog.
It's not "parents money".
It's not luck.
It's consistency.
It's discipline.
I grind EVERYDAY to live this lifestyle.
“ADHD is not a disorder of not knowing what to do. It’s a disorder of not doing what you already know.”
Dr. Russell Barkley just delivered one of the clearest explanations of ADHD I’ve ever heard.
He says the brain can be split in two: the back part acquires knowledge, the front part (the executive system) uses it. ADHD acts like a meat cleaver that severs the two.
You already have the skills and information other people your age have. You just can’t apply them when it counts.
That’s why life becomes an endless series of last-minute crises. You’re time-blind — you can only deal with what’s right in front of you. The further away a goal or deadline is, the less real it feels.
The solution isn’t teaching more skills. It’s changing the environment at the exact point where the problem occurs — the “point of performance.”
It’s a game-changing way to understand why traditional approaches often fail.
Having ADHD is so fun because sometimes youre looking for something that you use regularly and definitely put away in a smart and reasonable place and you have absolutely 0 hope of remembering where and finding it. And then other times ur like "hmm I need a some kind of small pointed object. I feel like i remember seeing a paperclip under the left couch cushion a month ago, i wonder if its still there" and it is…wait but if u saw the paperclip why would u just leave it there?" its the adhd. Also if i had put it away then i wouldnt have been able to find it a month later when i needed it. So. Checkmate neurotypicals.
ADHD people screenshotting and bookmarking everything because they're afraid of losing ideas, only to never look at them again because the archive is now its own overwhelming problem.
I've been reading a lot about this in a number of tweets, and I think it's crazy that we believe this is true rather than seeing it as nothing more than a devious plot by Big Ice Cream.
Eating ice cream regularly found to have inexplicable benefits
A study tracked 190,000 people for 40 years and couldn’t explain why ice cream eaters had a significantly lower risk of diabetes and heart disease.
-Significantly lower risk of developing diabetes
- Diabetics eating half a cup a day had a 12% lower risk of cardiovascular disease
The reason is likely MFGM (a natural membrane in real dairy fat):
- Reduces LDL cholesterol
- Lowers inflammation
- Protects your gut lining
But most “ice cream” at the grocery store isn’t actually ice cream (FDA requires 10% milkfat to legally call it ice cream)
Many brands don’t qualify instead filling tubs with :
- Vegetable oils
- Carrageenan
- Cellulose gum
- Corn syrup
Real ice cream has two ingredients: cream and milk.
We believe its because people indulging in ice cream do so stress free, especially if it’s natural
Find healthy ice cream on the Oasis app
Chris Farley, who was deeply committed to his Catholic faith, would carry his favorite prayer with him in his wallet. It was called “The Clown’s Prayer” and this is how it reads,
Dear Lord,
As I stumble through life, help me to create more laughter than tears, dispense more happiness than gloom, and spread more cheer than despair.
Never let me become so blasé, that I fail to see the wonder in the eyes of a child or the twinkle in the eyes of the aged.
Never let me forget my work is to cheer people, make them happy, and make them laugh, make them forget, at least for the moment the unpleasantness in their lives. Never let me acquire success to the point that I discontinue calling on my Creator in the hour of need, and in my final moment, may I hear you whisper, ‘When you made my people smile, you made Me smile.’
Source: I am Chris Farley (2015)