advice everyone knows
TLDR: advice everyone knows, but I often forget to follow
Wisdom is often just remembering to follow your own advice
Reminders for mental sanity below
lifestyle
- Access to outdoor space and nature
- organised environment
- Sun exposure
- Mediterranean diet
- Time abundance
- Exercise and move
- Regular socialisation
meaningful struggle
You want to be working on meaningful problems - just close enough to the edge of your competency that you improve
Deliberate practice.
Autotelic activities- enjoying the process rather than striving for the outcome.
micro > macro
Micro problems over macro problems. You have not evolved have the weight of the world on your shoulders.
get off social media, and the news
You’re addicted to hyper-normal levels of stimulation. Switch it off and go spend time in the woods
creation > consumption
Create more than you consume
make irreversible decisions for peace of mind
We are happier when our decisions as irreversible rather than reversible
Otherwise you think ‘what if’ and question
write down your thoughts
Marcus Aurelius wrote down his thoughts in a private journal that became meditations.
Important to process.
meditate
This is the most important one for me. 30 minutes - 1 hour daily in the morning. Non negotiable.