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If It’s All Rigged Anyway… You May As Well Play Your Own Game 😭🤷🏾‍♂️
I can’t lie, I had a mad realisation the other day 😭 No matter what path you go down in this life… it’s kinda a scam loool. It’s all rigged in some way. It’s all longgg. There’s no route where everything just makes sense and runs smoothly. - Corporate? Politics. - Start a business? Chaos. - Creative career? Uncertainty. - “Safe” path? You still sacrifice something. - “Risky” path? Stress hits different. Every game has its nonsense built in. And weirdly… accepting that made me feel way better. Because once you clock there’s no perfect, fair, smooth path waiting for you somewhere… you stop stressing about picking the “right” one. You realise it actually doesn’t matter in the way you thought it did. So if it’s all a bit mad anyway… you may as well do what you actually want. You may as well try the thing you’re curious about. You may as well build something that feels interesting to you. You may as well enjoy it. The pressure drops. The fear chills out. The whole “what if I pick wrong?” thing loses power. It’s freeing in a weird way. Liberating even. If life’s a bit rigged regardless… cool. I’ll play my version of the game and have fun with it 🤷🏾‍♂️😭🤣 What game are you choosing right now?
Balance Is The Key!
Let me make this loud and clear… this is purely just based on my own life experiences 😂🤷🏾‍♂️ But lemme be so real… as much as I sort of hate and despise hustle culture… Spending your entire day doing nothing productive - just binge watching shows, doom scrolling endlessly, avoiding anything that feels slightly uncomfortable - is NOT a life worth living either 😭 Yeah, rest is important. Yeah, downtime is healthy. But when “rest” turns into constant distraction… when every day feels the same… when you’re just consuming and never creating… that starts to feel empty real quick. At the same time, I don’t think you’re meant to grind like a robot either. I don’t think you’re supposed to feel guilty for taking a break. I don’t think you’re supposed to sacrifice your health and peace just to feel “productive.” (At least not too much anyways)… Burning yourself into the ground isn’t effective. And numbing yourself into the couch isn’t freedom either. Balance is the key. Work hard on something that matters to you. Train your body so you feel strong and capable. Build skills. Create things. Push yourself. But also rest without guilt. Laugh with people you care about. Enjoy a show or any of your vices (IN MODERATION) because you choose to - not because you’re hiding from your life. Look after yourself guys. Don’t drift through life half-asleep. Don’t self-sabotage by doing too much or too little. Fight for balance! It’s not soft. It’s not average. It’s the key. It’s the only way forward. 💪:
Let’s Talk About Vices
Random question for the community: What’s your take on vices? Do you think they’re: A) Something to eliminate completely B) Something to control in moderation C) Actually necessary to enjoy life Also curious - what’s the vice that gets you guys the most right now? For most people these days, I think it’s things like: • doom scrolling • junk food • procrastination • alcohol • gaming • staying up too late No judgment here - just interested in everyone’s perspective. Drop your thoughts 👇 (P.S. if you haven't already - check out my YouTube episode on vi es right here! - https://youtu.be/b2dBI8W7qx8?si=aChJMGfu46eolkgs)
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Should we fear AI?
Hey guys — just dropped a new vid (… almost forgot to mention here i have a youtube channel 😅) It’s about AI… and whether it’s starting to get a little scary lool. Nothing crazy, just sharing some thoughts on where this is all heading and what it might mean for us. check it out if you want 👀 link’s below👇🏾 curious what you all think about it too!
What if we don’t actually know anything?
One of the most unsettling (and yet somewhat liberating) ideas in philosophy is this: We might not be certain of anything...like… at all... Your memories? Could be wrong. Your senses? They get fooled all the time. Science? Updates itself every few years. Even this moment right now ... many philosophers would argue: how do you know you’re not dreaming? René Descartes basically went down this rabbit hole and started doubting pretty much everything. David Hume said we don’t even logically know that the future will resemble the past - we just assume it will. And Ludwig Wittgenstein questioned whether “certainty” even means what we think it means. Lowkey kinda crazy right! So I’m curious guys: - Do you think we can be certain about anything? - Is there one thing you’d bet your life on being true? - If nothing is 100% certain, does that make life scarier or more freeing? For me, this idea is weirdly motivating. If we can’t be totally certain, then staying curious >>> being dogmatic. Also makes debating certain divisive topics in life way less stressful, as it suggests strong opinions should be loosely held. Alright Eclips Elite - what do you all think? 👇
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