Kelvin

One man. A thousand men. Designed for the extraordinary, worthy by endurance.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

Major cheat codes: read fiction to enhance your vocabulary and expand your imagination. Meditate to stay grounded. Read philosophy to ponder the teachings of some of the greatest minds that have ever lived. In doing so, disagree and agree with them at will. Develop a philosophy of your own. Read essays to master the art of expressing inner thoughts, opinions, and ideas. Read nonfiction to learn from the experiences of older, richer, and wiser men. Explore introspective spirituality to find your identity. This will give you tunnel vision and help you filter out the noise. Lift weights, eat clean, and play sports to feed your brain. Write often. Write anything. Write anywhere. Have meaningful conversations. Kill the ego you'll grow from having all this knowledge. Go on walks alone. Do charity work to build your empathy. Empathy will build your emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence will help you read people.
This will sharpen your instinct. Kill the ego once more. Play with children. Make conversation with the elderly. Build something. Travel to switch perspectives. Love. Hit rock bottom. Debate with like minds. Only argue if you'll learn something. Find your tribe. Live. Switch coffee for tea.
Learn about power. Read history to understand humanity. Study biology to know your body. Study genetics and epigenetics to learn what you inherited from your forebears. Study numerology to speak a language of the universe. Watch the stars. Keep your mind open, but place your instincts at the gate. Learn game theory. Listen to classical music. Read poetry. Go to art galleries. Observe, always. Explore polarity. Plant a tree for your grandchildren. Study the art of war and its consequences.
Ask your father to tell you stories from when he was a young man. Explore religion without submitting your mind to it. Make conversation with people of the opposite sex without sexual intent. Read think pieces from unpublished writers. Learn a musical instrument. Learn another language. Learn about alchemy. Learn the art of manipulation so you become immune to it. Watch a creative while they work. Learn something from scratch every year. Never assume your philosophy can't change. Evolve often.

[egó bèké @luchymoe]

It also builds self respect. You legitimately admire and respect the person you are.

[Chukwuedozie Nwa Charlie @TheCharlesIsidi]

And the way to really know this has happened to you is the gaslighting and manipulation you get the moment you become self aware.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

@DailyLoud This case is a serious litmus test for the kind of people you keep around you. Especially romantic partners.

[Kajal Mundhra @KajalMundhraa]

Leave social media for a year and watch how much your life changes. Your attention span improves, your mind gets quieter, your comparison with others fades, and you suddenly realize how much time you were giving away to things that never really mattered.

[Martez Files @Dr_Martez_Files]

James Baldwin's "The Creative Process" (1962)

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

Being slightly incomplete is the what makes life deeply and widely interesting. If you didn’t need to improve on any area of your life, if you were born complete, not needing to know the sweet high from freshly calloused hands or bruised knees from falling a thousand times, or the inexplicable rush of desire and subtle anguish that comes from seeing for a moment what you could become, or the sweet feeling that comes from waking one morning and realizing you are stronger than you were yesterday, and all the days before, or that the walls have collapsed all around you and you can feel things you couldn’t feel before. Now you are soft, soft as a father with his daughter in his arms, and new worlds are revealed to you in this one, inspired by the marvel of creation and the fact that you are cut from that same cloth. If you didn’t need to know the sweet release of winning after a million losses, if you were born finished, without needing to work on sculpting yourself, if there was no new goal or obstacle, gigantic or minuscule, life would be largely unbearable.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

Our bodies have their own vocabulary and the more comfortable you are in your skin, the more fluent you are in speaking and understanding this language. Look how they’re having a whole conversation without speaking a single word. Incredible.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

There’s a philosophical concept called “the view from nowhere.” It’s the idea of seeing reality completely objectively, without bias or perspective. No human being has ever achieved it. Every truth you hold is a truth seen from somewhere. The question isn’t whether you have a bias, it’s whether you know where yours came from.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

There’s a psychological phenomenon called “depersonalization” where a person suddenly feels like a stranger watching their own life from the outside. It happens to almost everyone at least once, usually during moments of extreme stress or exhaustion. The terrifying part isn’t the feeling itself, it’s realizing that the “you” watching and the “you” being watched were never as unified as you assumed.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

Your mind is a powerful weapon engineered to have no distinct shape or form, or purpose even, apart from ensuring your survival. Its purpose is fueled by your desires and your fears and your conditioning. This fluidity is what makes it so special. It can be both a heavy anchor and a constant propeller. It can be your leader and you can be led by it. It can deceive you and it can be deceived by you. It’s constant mirror reflecting your recurring thoughts back to you as reality.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

There’s a reason storytelling is one of the oldest art forms. We simply wouldn’t be complete without it. Beyond survival, we have a subtle, instinctive drive to experience life beyond ourselves, to be curious about one another. This is why we love, and have deep, meaningful relationships. It is through exploring this inherent curiosity that we have the chance to discover ourselves beyond ourselves.

Through stories, we live a hundred lives in one lifetime; we feel a ton of emotions in short, beautiful spells, and we get to steal a glance at a thousand more lifetimes coinciding with one another. This changes us in the best possible ways, unraveling us to our own humanity and what we are capable of in different scenarios.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

When all the playlists are in doubt, go back to your Liked Songs on Spotify.

[Cedian Alchemy @THETemmieOvwasa]

This is not a great place for people who think like leaders, it loves sheep.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

Learning how to learn is the most underrated skill in the world.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

@adaezeokaro This is so real! Some of the work you consider your worst, most uninspiring, or below par can become the one with the most impact. As a creative, critique your work, but always remember your criticism is already biased. DELETE NOTHING. POST EVERYTHING.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

@ufw_Anomaly This is as close to mind reading as you can get btw

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

@Ol0ye Nigeria won't survive gun legalization for six months. The guns won't even get into the hands of law-abiding citizens.

[Kelvin @thisiskaine]

@Wunmiiberry There's something profound about working on yourself so with the right person, you're easy to love.

[Adeeee @Wunmiiberry]

There’s something profound about being completely desired by someone who also knows the parts of you that aren’t easy to love.