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We all come to this forum because we believe in ourselves.
We believe that we possess something at our core that sets us apart - something that makes us above average.
Lately I have been reflecting on the what it is that actually makes me happy. Not happy in the fantasy world of reaching some permanent state of bliss that doesn't actually exist, but truly satisfied with the present and optimistic about the future of it. I've never experienced the life that I want, that much I know. So how then do I know it is what I want?
Life, I have realized, boils down to being one of two things - a Producer, or a Consumer.
Now I fully understand that I didn't invent this concept; heck, I'm probably the 10,000th guy to say that on the forum. But what I have been coming to realize is that this idea isn't just some fastlane entrepreneurial boilerplate - it is a purpose for existence.
I think we all tell ourselves by nature of desiring to want to build a business we are a producer.
Stop for a moment. Think about the different areas of your life.
Think about your relationships.
Think about your health.
Think about your religion.
Do you produce here? Or are you simply consuming?
I have come to the realization that the line between production and consumption is so fine and intricately intertwined in every way we live that it becomes imperative that we examine them.
What brought this to the surface for me was a realization.
At my core, in the deepest part of who I am - I am a producer. Maybe we all are.
I was reflecting on why I fail. Why do I lose motivation. Why am I not living my life's purpose.
It suddenly became perfectly clear - I have been living my life trying to satisfy a need to produce - by consuming.
The reason I never comprehended this state of delusion is that I have always mistakenly attached consumption to material things.
The truth is, production and consumption apply to all things - and aren't really attached to material things any more than we ourselves attache them.
I used to consume relationships, consume communication. I fed on it.
I consumed information, while producing very little for others. I felt like learning was doing.
I consumed religion - instead of relating to my creator and producing a better self.
I was a consumer of emotions, of control, of LIFE.
And never understood why I never felt satisfaction.
Now, I understand.
There is no happiness, no satisfaction in consumption.
Every facet of this life is an opportunity to produce, and we mistakenly interpret these as opportunities to consume.
We consume healthcare in an attempt to outsource the production of our health. We need to use doctors as a tool to produce our own health.
We consume counseling as a way of trying to consume our way into a better marriage. We need to use it as a tool to find our problems and produce a solution.
We consume 20 minutes of time on a treadmill so we can eat junk and tell ourselves we are trying.
I'm done consuming. I never want to look at anything and think it is an answer.
I will produce. I will produce the life I was put here to have.
Find the opportunity to produce in every choice you make.
Use communication to produce a friendship. Use a book to produce a better process in your life.
Use your time to produce a better world.
There is nothing in existence that you can "get" to pull your purpose from you and give it to the world.
It is up to us to create our answer.
We believe that we possess something at our core that sets us apart - something that makes us above average.
Lately I have been reflecting on the what it is that actually makes me happy. Not happy in the fantasy world of reaching some permanent state of bliss that doesn't actually exist, but truly satisfied with the present and optimistic about the future of it. I've never experienced the life that I want, that much I know. So how then do I know it is what I want?
Life, I have realized, boils down to being one of two things - a Producer, or a Consumer.
Now I fully understand that I didn't invent this concept; heck, I'm probably the 10,000th guy to say that on the forum. But what I have been coming to realize is that this idea isn't just some fastlane entrepreneurial boilerplate - it is a purpose for existence.
I think we all tell ourselves by nature of desiring to want to build a business we are a producer.
Stop for a moment. Think about the different areas of your life.
Think about your relationships.
Think about your health.
Think about your religion.
Do you produce here? Or are you simply consuming?
I have come to the realization that the line between production and consumption is so fine and intricately intertwined in every way we live that it becomes imperative that we examine them.
What brought this to the surface for me was a realization.
At my core, in the deepest part of who I am - I am a producer. Maybe we all are.
I was reflecting on why I fail. Why do I lose motivation. Why am I not living my life's purpose.
It suddenly became perfectly clear - I have been living my life trying to satisfy a need to produce - by consuming.
The reason I never comprehended this state of delusion is that I have always mistakenly attached consumption to material things.
The truth is, production and consumption apply to all things - and aren't really attached to material things any more than we ourselves attache them.
I used to consume relationships, consume communication. I fed on it.
I consumed information, while producing very little for others. I felt like learning was doing.
I consumed religion - instead of relating to my creator and producing a better self.
I was a consumer of emotions, of control, of LIFE.
And never understood why I never felt satisfaction.
Now, I understand.
There is no happiness, no satisfaction in consumption.
Every facet of this life is an opportunity to produce, and we mistakenly interpret these as opportunities to consume.
We consume healthcare in an attempt to outsource the production of our health. We need to use doctors as a tool to produce our own health.
We consume counseling as a way of trying to consume our way into a better marriage. We need to use it as a tool to find our problems and produce a solution.
We consume 20 minutes of time on a treadmill so we can eat junk and tell ourselves we are trying.
I'm done consuming. I never want to look at anything and think it is an answer.
I will produce. I will produce the life I was put here to have.
Find the opportunity to produce in every choice you make.
Use communication to produce a friendship. Use a book to produce a better process in your life.
Use your time to produce a better world.
There is nothing in existence that you can "get" to pull your purpose from you and give it to the world.
It is up to us to create our answer.
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