Cole Hastings
@colehastingss
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Promoting nuanced ideas in a digital world of extremes. 700k on YouTube
Austin, TX
Joined July 2018
100%. That’s why I only look like this eating soy daily. Would look much better if I ate meat.
Animal protein is 100% more effective for your body than plant protein.
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Let’s normalize people saying “I haven’t done enough research on the topic in order to form a sound conclusion” when asked about their opinion on something or someone. Feels like you’re forced to have an opinion on everything now, even if you don’t know much about it.
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I’m satisfied with the fact that I will never be satisfied. And therefore, I am always satisfied.
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The funniest thing about this whole “matrix” trend is that the majority of people that are telling you how to “escape” it are only trapping you in a deeper, more subtle matrix, using the same fear mongering and manipulation. Stop glorifying internet celebrities.
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Every time I set this up I think to myself, “Time to do what I was put on this planet to do.”. Indescribable feeling.
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The end goal of all self improvement should be to have a cup so full, that you can’t help but want to pour all the love, respect, success, and acknowledgment you’ve given yourself over the years, into other people. No greater feeling. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.
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The biggest compliment you can give a YouTuber is “I’ve seen you on my recommended before”.
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I failed 2023. At least, that's what it looks like on paper. At the start of 2023, I wrote out these goals in my self mastery community (see picture below). Reviewing these goals, I did NOT:. - start waking up at 8am every day. - hit 1 million subs. - make any progress with
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Absolutely surreal experience during Day 2 of Italy. My cousin who lives in Ceccano (pictured in the middle) told me he was talking to his friend (pictured on the left) before I came about his YouTuber cousin who was coming to visit. When his friend asked him who the YouTuber
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People really think Instagram is the app with the most filters and fake lives. They’re wrong. It’s LinkedIn.
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When things start getting better for you, don’t be surprised when your unconscious starts to self-sabotage. Because the only thing the brain dislikes more than pain, is change. It took me so long to finally accept that I’m at a good position in my life. After years of.
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The future belongs to those who can do nothing but stare at a wall the longest. Uninterrupted focus is the most valuable skill of the 21st century.
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I’m a firm believer that you should NOT give it your all. And at face value, this sounds really stupid. But once you understand The 80% Rule, you might want to do the same. Let’s say we have two people:. Ron and George. Ron puts in 80% effort each day. When it comes to his.
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By trying to control your emotions, your emotions control you. Emotions are meant to be expressed, not suppressed.
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Life is one massive cope. No matter what you do, this experience will end one day. So you might as well find a way to enjoy it while you’re here—and that often involves coping. Plenty of my copes—such as being delusionally optimistic about the future—have resulted in a life I.
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The biggest lesson I learned after achieving my dreams?. The gift wrap is more enticing than the present itself. Attach less to the outcome, and find ways to make the process more fulfilling. Because that’s the real reward.
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@hlibstorchak That’s a long established myth that’s only grown in popularity due to YouTubers and tiktokers spreading it. Non GMO organic unprocessed soy has a lot of health benefits.
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“Be mysterious” is very bad long term advice—in both relationships and life. There’s currently a “sigma male” trend amongst young men right now, encouraging them to hide their true selves, be a lone wolf, and remain as mysterious as possible. The real reason this is so enticing.
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Every now and then, I get glimpses of my old self. The one that stayed up til 3am playing Call of Duty. Smoked weed every day to avoid responsibilities. And consistently bad talked himself if he didn’t go out on the weekend. He doesn’t usually come out in the exact ways he.
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This reminds me of what my self improvement journey looked like.
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Having:. • one, 2-3 hour activity that makes me forget my sense of time . • 30 minutes of stillness. per day, solved 80% of my overthinking issues.
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Ironically, the most “spiritual” people I know are the ones with the biggest egos.
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Firm believer that true love only develops after overcoming adversity. You can feel like you are in love with your partner in the first month you meet them. But that’s more of an infatuation with the idea of what the relationship/your partner could be. It’s only until you both.
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“You can’t love others until you love yourself”. is a statement I mostly disagree with. In fact, I think the opposite is occasionally true. It is often only when we expose ourselves to another person fully, and be vulnerable enough to pour our love into them, that we discover.
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Everything I do is optimized for sustainability and longevity. I never wanted to go viral on YouTube through trends. Instead, I made valuable evergreen content since the beginning, that I knew would pay dividends in the future. And eventually, those few hundred videos.
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Once you accept the fact that you'll never have it figured out, you start to figure shit out.
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If life feels directionless, it’s probably because you don’t have an ideal. Years ago, I created the ideal version of “Cole Hastings” in my head. I wrote down exactly what his life would look like: what he would be doing on a daily basis, how he would handle adversity, and.
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Life is just an endless series of chasing a feeling. It sounds depressing, but if you chase the right ones, it can lead to a beautiful life.
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Today, I received a comment on YouTube that said:. "I feel like if I be myself people will label me a loser and weird". And to be honest. maybe they will. But what's your other option?. Never express your true passions and desires, for the sole purpose of fitting in?. Does.
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How to make life significantly less confusing/more meaningful:. 1. Increase your ability to make your own choices. 2. Reduce the amount of choices you’re allowed to make.
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The master has failed more times than the beginner has tried.
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The sooner you can accept the fact that you will die, the sooner that you can truly live.
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Social media isn’t making people depressed. It’s the amount of different lifestyles being portrayed on social media that’s making people depressed. One minute you’re being shown how an ultra wealthy lifestyle, complete with yachts and mansions is the best way to live. The next.
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I've talked to a lot of people who start struggling even more when they decide to pursue self-improvement. The one common denominator?. Their journey consists of more self-beratement than self-development. They've been exposed to a brand new world that promises they can achieve.
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As much as I’m happy that this post did well, it’s kind of disappointing how controversy and drama leads to higher engagement on here. So many arguments in the quotes/replies. Not the type of stuff I want to be known for. That’s human nature for ya.
100%. That’s why I only look like this eating soy daily. Would look much better if I ate meat.
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Laziness is a fear response. If you have a lot of resistance surrounding important work, and you find yourself procrastinating it endlessly, it’s likely because the work will significantly impact your life. And the change that can be brought about by doing the work initiates.
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Say masculinity isn’t a bad thing and you’re a misogynist. Say women having rights is a good thing and you’re a beta liberal feminist. You can’t win against internet extremists.
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Overcoming negative thoughts is about first realizing this truth: You are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are a programmed set of words that arise based on the feedback your ego gets from the world. Sometimes, these thoughts might come out of nowhere. Other times, the reason.
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Sometimes, playing one more video game will actually be the wrong thing to do based on your current workload/goals. Other times, it will feel like the wrong thing to do because you’ve built up this sense of guilt around the idea of playing video games in your leisure time. This.
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Around 2 years ago, I decided to switch from reading exclusively non-fiction books, to fiction books. In that time, I:. - Improved my storytelling abilities exponentially. - Gained more insights/wisdom than many of the self help books I read. - Found out that reading fiction for.
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The greatest way to give your life meaning is being of service to others. You don't even have to be good at anything. All you need to do is be there for someone, or make them feel understood and validated. Just don't neglect yourself completely in the process.
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Take a breath. Look at your hands. How many palm lines do you see?. How complex are your fingerprints?. Look outside. The trees let the wind push them back and forth. They grow while staying idle. The cars move in the street below. People engage in conversation. The entire.
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The most ideal version of yourself is the version of you who can accept who they are in this moment. The only question you need to answer is, "What's stopping me from accepting who I am right now?". When you ask this, you'll most likely tie the answer to external recognition,.
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It's easier to commit to something positive, than to try and avoid something negative. Instead of saying, "I have to stop using social media as much because it's bad for me.". Try saying, "I'm going to spend more time outside because it makes me happier.".
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I took a long break from journaling—around a year, to be exact—after feeling like there wasn’t much of a reason for me to do it daily. Boy was I wrong. After I bought this e-ink device, I decided to resume my nightly journaling practice to see if it would make a difference in
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Having new problems is a sign you have progressed in life. You’ve started making more money?. Now you have to take on more bills, and find a way to save it properly. You’ve finally moved out of your parents house?. Now you have to learn how to decorate, clean, and cook. You.
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Every time you have the urge to grab the chips from the cupboard, and you don’t…. Every time your brain tries to tell you to grab your phone when you’re in the middle of your work, and you don’t…. You are flexing the muscle of impulse control. Focus is the most valuable skill.
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You are the exact version of yourself that you need to be in order to become a greater version of yourself.
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An increase in love for one’s self usually only results after a crushing loss. Loss of someone you love. Loss of a job. Loss of an ideal “dream life”. All require you to look inward to heal, and redefine what it means to be “you”. Much more painful than stacking up wins to.
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There’s two types of cringe. Approval cringe. And authentic cringe. Approval cringe makes you cringe because it’s forced. For example, when I first started my YouTube channel, I thought I needed to fake a high energy personality in order to drive more engagement. If you.
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Everything outside of you is just as much an expression of you as everything inside you. The way YOU see the trees. The way YOU hear a piece of music. The way YOU perceive other people’s actions. This unique interpretation of reality only comes from your subjective experience.
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One of the most fascinating consequences of learning a new language is realizing just how much your vocabulary and grammar impacts your perception of the world. I’m currently trying to learn Japanese right now for my trip in October, and their sentence structure is completely.
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Your body and the universe are ancient hardware. In many cases, they know much more than your conscious mind does. Your body will keep feeding you pain (and in increasing intensity) until you stop suppressing it and do something to change. Similarly, the universe will keep.
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No story is more powerful than the story you tell yourself about who you are. This is the story that determines how your life unfolds. If you want to change the story of your life, rewrite your story. Rewrite your story by proving to yourself that you are no longer the story.
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Relationships are formed on trust. Trust cannot be built without vulnerability. Vulnerability is becoming increasingly more rare, as appearances replace it’s importance. No, you’re not crazy for having such a difficult time connecting with others. It’s just really that hard.
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Contrary to popular advice, I think you SHOULD make decisions based out of fear. It’s often the thing you’re most afraid to do that will produce the most growth within you. And when you say “hell yes” to fear, fear becomes courage. Everything you could ever want is on the.
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The resistance and agitation you feel the moment before you’re about to embark on a difficult task, is the very feeling you need to have to know the task is worth pursuing. Almost everything you could ever want out of your life, lies past that 10 minutes of resistance.
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Nothing will make you more productive than taking time to be unproductive.
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Stimulating yourself is a good thing. Our brains want us to see, hear, and feel many different sensory experiences. It’s why people in solitary confinement can start going insane within a week. And if you know this, you can make your procrastination problems disappear almost.
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The current "gender war" between men and women online is really the result of a lack of accountability from both sides. I'll be scrolling through instagram and a reel made by a woman will pop up that says something along the lines of, "Why do men do (x). I wish they understood.
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Young people (but mostly young men) have a huge problem. They are told they need to stop being so emotional, but the way they try to establish emotional control is completely flawed. When I first became aware of just how much even the littlest of inconveniences triggered me, I.
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Having to tiptoe around your thoughts and make sure everything you say and do isn’t offensive has undoubtedly ruined people’s ability to form deep connections with one another. Social interactions turn less into understanding another person, and more into stress and anxiety.
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Showing up consistently is far more important than only showing up when you know you can make a considerable amount of progress. Ironically, the person who goes through the motions frequently, but only has a few exceptional days, will end up making much more progress than the.
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I used to be the most reactive dude. • Instantly triggered when someone hit an insecurity.• Succumb to my anger if anything went wrong.• And immediately attach to any negative emotion that came up. But once I learned about “The Space Between”, it was easy to establish.
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At the cost of sounding like a piece of sh*t, I honestly think you should gaslight yourself sometimes. If I’m feeling tired one day, I’ll say to myself, “Maybe you’re not tired. Maybe you just need to move your body.”. If I’m feeling depressed, I’ll say, “Are you really.
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People who are ultra-sensitive and ultra-numb are two sides to the same coin. Both are able to pick up on the exact moment when someone goes from interested to bored in a conversation, are moved to tears by a piece of inspiring art, or absorb the energy of their environment.
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It’s called “exercising patience” for a reason. In order to be patient, you have to exert mental and physical energy to wait for the results of your patience to come. And just like exercise, which requires a recovery period, you can’t expect to have an unlimited reservoir of.
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Today, my mom told me something about myself that I had no idea about. She said that when I was a child and we’d go to restaurants, I used to voluntarily bring a book to read so I wouldn’t get bored. The earliest memories I have of me are my strong disdain for learning, failing.
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Once you develop the ability to get past the wall that hides their vulnerabilities, insecurities, fears, and projections, you’ll realize that most humans genuinely just want the best for other humans.
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I think unrealistic expectations are this generation's biggest "make or break" problem to solve. Social media flaunting the idea that extreme wealth can be built in a matter of months- which, it can, if you're willing to upcharge for a shitty product from Ali-baba that you don't.
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I was really intrigued by Rick Rubin’s explanation of the Japanese practice “Kintsugi” in his book. Following this practice, when pottery breaks, instead of discarding it or molding it back together, you mend the broken areas with something called “urushi lacquer”that is mixed
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If you feel like you don’t belong, then no matter what, there’s a group of people you belong to. And that’s the other people that feel like they don’t belong. Somewhere within that group is where you’ll find who you’re meant to build relationships with.
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If you think you deserve a shitty life, you will look for events, circumstances and thoughts that confirm that belief. If you think you aren’t deserving of love, you will scour through your partners’ life to find something that shows they don’t love you like they say they do,.
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The quality drop off of Chipotle needs to be studied in classrooms.
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Paradoxically, the more I realize how much more I have to learn (and how much I don’t know), the easier life gets.
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People either absolutely love you or absolutely hate you when you’re living your passion for the same reason. Because you remind them of what they forgot.
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I’ve noticed this as well in my YouTube comments. Granted, the majority of my audience is men. But even when women comment, most of the time it feels less emotionally charged. The result of a society that teaches men to suppress emotions. Said it before and I’ll say it again:.
Noticed with my boy. He’s more emotional than my girls. Lots of parents are surprised by this. Truth is men start off nuanced and complexed but have it stamped out of them. It’s all repressed. That’s why whisky culture and being an alcoholic is normalized. Hiding from yourselves.
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Visionaries are called visionaries because they can see into the future. Through experience, deliberate thinking, or by peering into the unknown void, an idea pops into their heads. No one else can see, hear, or feel this idea. But slowly, their vision starts to crystallize.
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You can get a lot more done in a day with less effort. You just need to start strategizing your willpower storage. Your willpower storage is the amount of space you have allocated to using your willpower each day. It’s size changes daily, based on. • How much sleep you got.•.
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There’s a difference between “Perceived Productivity” and “Actual Productivity”. I’ll have days where I’ll be working throughout the entirety of it, but I won’t feel like I was productive. Conversely, I’ll have days where I only worked a couple hours, but I’m extremely.
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We live in an era where online gurus are fabricating solutions to imaginary problems in order to profit off of young impressionable teens who don’t know any better. Is that ad campaign from Target really a “psy-op”?. Or an attempt at encouraging inclusivity?. Are news sources.
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Stop trying to think your way out of depression. The word “emotion” comes from the Latin word “emovere”, meaning to move, move out, or move through. Therefore, you cannot logic your way out of negative emotions. If you want to change your emotions, change your movement.
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As I’ve been training for my first marathon, almost every long run I’ve gone on has had a “make or break” moment. Roughly halfway through the run, some part of my legs will start to hurt. (Yesterday, it was shin splits, and a bit of right knee pain.). In the moment that pain.
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Graceful honestly is one of the most important traits to mastering your relationships. The kind of person that knows what they do/don’t want, and doesn’t like about you, but communicates it in a way that barely, if at all, offends, creates the strongest bonds. They never people.
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Little perspective shift for you today:. There is nothing in this world that is truly “unnatural”. Everything that is created on Earth…must come from Earth. And every human invention is an extension of humanity. Of course, not everything that we invent is healthy or positive.
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Feeling lonely could mean one of two things:. 1. You have isolated yourself for too long, and need to make an effort to socialize.2. You fear being alone, and don’t like your own company. Many people like to think that being lonely immediately assumes you have low self-worth.
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Self help becomes really cringe when people decide to make it their entire personality. They get caught in a bubble of thinking their lifestyle is objectively right, and start becoming preachy (happened to me too). Don't take yourself/life so seriously. Go have fun.
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In a world with an abundance of options and “replacements”, choose to be one of the few that relentlessly dedicates yourself to just a few friends, a few interests, and one burning obsession.
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It took over a year of not posting anything related to NoFap, but I've finally stopped getting daily DMs about how to stop touching your dick 🙏.
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Most moments are quiet moments. Beyond the chatter in your head, background ambience, or occasional sound, most moments are completely silent. Even during chaos. You just have to listen. And you can do that by consciously attuning your senses to the present moment.
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Your anxiety is a gift. The existential philosopher Soren Kierkegaard once said,.“anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.”. And at first glance, one might interpret this as something negative. By knowing that there are so many possibilities in the future, the natural human.
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If you're someone who gets discouraged easily when you stop making progress, my best advice is to just pick up a new hobby every few months. There comes a point in time in every endeavor where you hit a plateau with progress, and the amount of work put in greatly outweighs the.
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Intention is one of the most powerful mental states you can commit to. At the start of this year, I decided to set the intention to run a marathon in May. And from that point onward, my whole world changed. I started noticing way more running videos on my YouTube recommended
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If you’ve started following your own path towards success, you've probably experienced it. The friends you had that were once so easy get along with, start to become distant—at least, distant in relatability. It only seems like the natural cause of things. You are evolving as.
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Had a member of my community ask me recently, “If you were the only person left on earth, would you end yourself?”. I took a second to think about it…. And I realized I probably would. I’d take a bit of time to explore the earth, be alone and contemplate things. But after.
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“This guy is delusional.”. That’s the most common phrase you’ll hear (or that people will be saying behind your back) when you decide to pursue your own path. The uncharted waters of unconventional success are shrouded in an all-encompassing mist. And you must be at least.
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Nothing has been more detrimental and regressive to society than giving men and women podcast platforms to argue on.
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