Been over a year since I left Instagram. Turns out, not knowing where everyone you’ve met so far in life is vacationing or dining is a feature of life not a bug
I read somewhere that when you stop saying "I have to do this" vs just believing that I am the kind of who likes to (have a good sleep schedule, for instance), it gives you a sense of choice and not forced choice. Then making it easier to follow and reform ourselves.
Create an environment where you can afford to ignore the whole world for a few hours every day, use that time to unapologetically invest in yourself and in what you do best, you will naturally attract more “luck” into your life.
"Beside death, all failure is psychological" - Jocko
You don't have ideas because you don't read. You can't articulate ideas because you don't write. You can't leverage ideas because you don't build. You feel bored, anxious, or overwhelmed because your mind wants ideas to flow but you won't let them.
Discipline is merely self-respect put into practice.
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Swami Vivekananda had something to say about people obsessed with astrology, food taboos during fasting/eclipses, hyper vegetarianism, concept of nazar, no non-veg on Tuesdays, gemstones, etc. etc.
"Don’t do things that you know are morally wrong. Not because someone is watching, but because you are. Self-esteem is just the reputation that you have with yourself. You’ll always know." @naval
You stayed addicted not because it felt good, but because it felt predictable. The brain’s #1 priority is control. Pain you understand feels safer than peace you don’t. Recovery feels terrifying at first because it’s new. Stay with it. Calm becomes familiar.
Why spirituality is not for the weak? As long as you keep on listening to people around you or online or follow any guru, you can't be truly spiritual. Spirituality means to have one's own eyes wide open to perceive reality as it is. Like Lord Shiva... t.me/spiritualityfr…
Healing doesn’t mean never struggling again; it means struggling with awareness. You’ll still face the same impulses, but you’ll notice them before they own you. Growth doesn’t erase chaos; it gives you the strength to stay conscious inside it.
Discipline is an environmental outcome. The fewer decisions you make, the less dopamine you waste on choosing. Structure turns effort into reflex. You don’t need more willpower; you need fewer options.
You’re not weak for relapsing. Neural pathways don’t disappear, they fade with disuse. A single mistake doesn’t erase months of progress; it just reactivates an old circuit. The work is not starting over, it’s continuing despite the echo.
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