exactly, the problem with nearly everything in life is that we all have good intentions at heart, but we look in the wrong direction. we enter a maze that we don't know the way out of and when we realise what we'ree looking for isnt 'here', we're lost and cant leave the maze, so we delude ourselves by following social conventions and living off shallow validation from others

This

we create a maze within a maze, to convince ourslves we're out of the one we entered 10+ years ago

I'm going through the maze right now tbh

This conversation is getting me back on track though

got me thinking

we're all lost in a maze, and we'll never find what we're looking for in each instance of our maze - therefore the trick is to never realise we can't find what we're looking for - this will keep the flame, that is hope, burning

This reminds me of a video from Actualized.org "40 Ways society fucks you in the ass"

even when you think you're happy, who's to say that you're not deluding yourself from a maze you're actually lost in ? delusion is good, it's a form of escapism, it can keep you with a strong sense of desire and desire is a source of continuous positive emotion as desire is fueled by hope

something like that title, but an excellent video

@Sigma lol

nvm only 30 ways I'm getting fucked

but still

it's such a great feeling when you make sense, in your own way, of how things connect and add up

yea thats so much better

Everyone thinks your crazy until you succeed, after that you're a genius

it's beautfiul

anyway ive ~~lost my will to live~~ finished studying for my sql midterm for now

yep exactly, steve jobs said "only the ones who are foolish enough to think they can change the world actually do" or smth like that

yea

stay young and foolish

know what

have you read the war of art?

he's basically saying stay young in the sense you have a burning desire

nope

Well the author said, it's actually good to be stupid

because you take risks

if you're foolish, you have the audacity to try something and go after a big goal

Very good book to supplement Mastery

yep, this is why i hate school - they train you to not take risks and to just reason by analogy. when you reason by analogy you can not question the principles that the analogies follow because you don't know them - you need to learn from first principles to quesiton things - the same with being foolish - foolish people are honest with themselves on what they do and don't know and only accept knowledge when it fits into their layered 'tree of knowledge'

It's also about pursuing a life purpose

cool, sounds interesting

i'll add it to my carty

cart*

I got hooked on his writing, I've read most of his other books

Actually, The War of Art is about resistance

sounds like a must-read for personal dev

When you pursue something, you face resistance

He talks about what it is, what forms it comes in, and a little bit on how to defeat it

Distractions, escapism, those are forms of resistance that distract you from pursuing your purpose

family, friends, judgement, emotions