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Study plants. Go out in nature more. Stay away from social media. Plants all do basically the same thing, grow, live, store energy, reproduce, die, but they can’t all live in the same environment.
Having a crisis just means you’ve outgrown the tiny little confining pot you were in. It’s a good sign. It means you need more land, more nourishment. Those will come to you through ideas, nature, and relationships.
You love things AFTER you grow curious, become knowledgeable, act on the idea, and stay committed through obstacles. It doesn’t start with commitment. It starts with curiosity. To become curious enough to figure out what could love someday, you have to become bored first. Make a plan to stay off the internet for a long time, 30 days or 50 days. Go to the library or a museum or talk to people during that time. Figure out where you want to make roots (connections to ideas, your path, your hope)
You need certain things that I don’t need. Cacti can’t live in the same field as an orchid. To find out who you are you’ll need to make roots - be committed- to growing in some areas. Art, music, history, science, community, etc.
You hate things that I don’t care about. I hate the idea of being fat so I practice a ketogenic diet. I hate working out every day so I don’t actually have tons of muscle mass. My actions prove that I’m not as committed to health as I am to other things.
Curiosity -> Gain enough knowledge to —> act on that knowledge —> Choose to stay committed to that principle/idea/person.
Are you committed to excellence?
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle
Find something to commit to being excellent at. And read great books. Start with Victor Frankl.
Having a crisis just means you’ve outgrown the tiny little confining pot you were in. It’s a good sign. It means you need more land, more nourishment. Those will come to you through ideas, nature, and relationships.
You love things AFTER you grow curious, become knowledgeable, act on the idea, and stay committed through obstacles. It doesn’t start with commitment. It starts with curiosity. To become curious enough to figure out what could love someday, you have to become bored first. Make a plan to stay off the internet for a long time, 30 days or 50 days. Go to the library or a museum or talk to people during that time. Figure out where you want to make roots (connections to ideas, your path, your hope)
You need certain things that I don’t need. Cacti can’t live in the same field as an orchid. To find out who you are you’ll need to make roots - be committed- to growing in some areas. Art, music, history, science, community, etc.
You hate things that I don’t care about. I hate the idea of being fat so I practice a ketogenic diet. I hate working out every day so I don’t actually have tons of muscle mass. My actions prove that I’m not as committed to health as I am to other things.
Curiosity -> Gain enough knowledge to —> act on that knowledge —> Choose to stay committed to that principle/idea/person.
Are you committed to excellence?
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. - Aristotle
Find something to commit to being excellent at. And read great books. Start with Victor Frankl.