2021 I took shrooms w my roomate and as I was coming down the Taylor swift all too well video dropped and idk why but I sat there and watched the whole extended edition
It doesn’t matter how busy and self absorbed I am, I could work 80 hours a week doing something I enjoy and at the end of the day I will still crave love
You can facilitate your expertise to do a lot of good in this world and simultaneously make great money but there’s still people who will consciously use their skills in a detrimental way towards society
Was on a date w a girl and was like let’s compare IG reel algorithms, and it was slightly embarrassing having to explain what clash Royale was and why I got so many reels of it
And I think this why brainstorming w other people is very powerful, because it’s that exploration and inherently places u in a more open minded state , but probably shouldn’t stop there, explore all resources, even leverage LLMs and use it as a exploration tool
Brain forms assumptions and reinforces bias and you put yourself in a box
I don’t know how to cultivate a state of mind where I can examine things freely and detach from my ordinary viewpoints and biases
Except when using a substance, I.e cannabis
I guess what I’m saying - it’s hard to explore ideas, bcus exploration feels inherently inefficient? Bcus when you spend a lot of time working on one thing your brain narrows focus, which is good, until it’s time to explore and think wider
A big breakthrough I have learned about self control is it’s literally a self monitoring process and the second you stop monitoring is when you lose control
Can I just devote my time to the core things I wanna focus on
Feeling frustration of lack of control of my environment
& inversely feeling frustrated not focusing on the things I can control
I’m a whining ass mf like just get to it wtf keep placing limitations on my self