Thoughts about changing, life, and whatever comes to mind.
One of the key lesson of my life is all about breathing.
Whenever I found myself in the middle of trouble, or during a hard time, I try to breath. To take my time to answer.
This was both inspired by Brene Brown and Tony Robbins, in very different area of my expertise.
These days I was quite stressed out.
Everything was moving so fast I didn’t know what to do.
The first thing I did was to ask for help. I felt powerless and I knew for sure that I could get some help from my friends, and I was right.
But the overwhelming fear didn’t go away.
I feared this situation because I have to let down some people request. I have to say “wait” to others.
Today I realized that we all way. The worst thing it could happen is nothing.
Maybe some people won’t wait maybe some other will.
Nothing would really destroy my life, so I can go on freely.
I remember this because I thought about stoicism and it would probably be a safe bet to act a bit stoic in this situations.
It was a good bet.
We all have the temptation to give up.
To give up writing, to stop doing that diet, to not do our best.
Giving up is always the easiest thing to do, that’s why our mind perceives it as a fast flawless solution.
But precisely because it’s easy, it won’t be the best solution.
The difference between those who do things and those who fail at doing them is this moment. The moment when you decide which side you’re on.
Take a breath, risk.
Lately I’ve been fascinated by the idea of financial independence.
Something I always tried to grasp but never got to achieve.
One of the things you’ll see in reddit or forums about it, specifically if we are talking about “fast” financial independence, is that spending less is quite a good way to “earn” more money.
I agree with this and find that spending less is also a great way to find the things you don’t really need.
We are bombarded by the idea that we should buy a lot but it’s not required.
We don’t need to spend lots of money in drinks, clothes, whatever.
What we need is to understand our priority, and take decisions from there on.
I am a quite organized guy but it’s hard to be organized because you often go too far and organize the useless.
Why?
The beauty of organize something, of being “in place” is all about control, taking control of what can happen, being able to predict the outcome.
Organization is all about having a situation under your control all the time.
It’s a pleasure because it relieves you from the pain of the unknown.
Since it’s so beautiful it’s easy to fall into the trap of over-organizing.
Organizing useless tasks is a common thing, and it’s quite a waste of time.
To me the main rule to decide if it’s good to have a better grasp of a situation and to organize it is this:
“Will I pragmatically benefit if I keep it ordered?”
If not, then it’s useless.
Come on, give me the chills 